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Steamed Vagina, Please
Today’s article in the LA Times marvels at the wonder of the ‘Vagina Steam Bath’ as a new treatment available to women whose wallets (and worldviews) allow them access to fancy spas in ritzy parts of...
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Congresswoman Shares her Abortion Story on the Congressional Floor
Yesterday California representative Jackie Speier stood up in front of a (very large, very powerful) room full of (primarily upper-class, white, male) political leaders and television cameras, and...
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Call for Research Participants: Full Spectrum & Radical Doulas
Below is my call for participants for an ethnographic research project on full spectrum doulas and radical doulas. For more info or to participate, contact laurel@cuntastic.org or (970) 210-7156....
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Rolling Our Eyes Won’t Cut it this Time. Stand with Planned Parenthood.
I’m embarrassed. By my country, my government, my fellow human folks. I’ve sat here quietly while all this de-fund-Planned-Parenthood nonsense has gone on, hoping it was just one more instance of...
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Scalpel + Vagina = A Painful Week
In the spirit of sharing personal experiences around reproductive health, here is a window into my week–a week filled with swelling, infection, scalpels, heat pads, pain and frustration. Oh, my poor,...
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Gynecological Surgery is the Scariest Thing Ever, and the Best Thing Ever.
I can sit, I can walk, I can stand, and I could probably even do a cartwheel if I had the energy. After battling a nasty Bartholin Gland Cyst for the past week, Monday night I found myself in an...
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It’s Been Four Weeks, and I’m Still Scared to Use My Vagina.
Four weeks ago, my Bartholin Gland Cyst reared its ugly, painful, infected head. Three weeks ago, I underwent surgery for it. One of the many consequences of this ordeal? It’s been a month since my...
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Doing away with the Sit of Shame
I spent an hour in the Family Planning Clinic at the Health Department this morning, doing the Sit of Shame with about a dozen other people. Although I was there to joyfully confirm a planned pregnancy...
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