Category Archives: women’s health

The pregnant body is the most political image on earth

The pregnant body is the most political image on earth. The pregnancy of Bristol Palin, the daughter of the gun toting, bible thumbing, baby popping, Republican V. P Candidate, Sarah Palin finally motivated me to write. Why is it surprising, … Continue reading

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where have the feminist gynos gone?

A review of Capital Women’s Care I’ve always been a pick-you- gyno –out-of the-yellow-pages kind of girl, since all I needed was the birthcontrol prescription, and the gyno was the gatekeeper of the goods. At my University Health Center, the … Continue reading

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Pregnancy is not for gendered women any more :-)

The right to give birth to a child is central right, a right that has often been denied to marginalized people, either through forced sterilization or through social control. Today the world is changing. So much so, that a transgendered … Continue reading

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Modesty is a dirty word.

A few weeks ago a story surfaced about Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel wearing a garment a kin to a “burka” as a way of up-ing the anti on modesty. The original Haartz article on this issue is in Hebrew, … Continue reading

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Last Word on FASD

So, I looked up Kathryn Page PHD, and she is big in the world of FAS. Her site: http://www.nofas.org/resource/results.aspx?ST=5&Name=California She blaims FASD on everything from Epilepsy to loneliness. Thus clearly it a problem if it can cause any problem, and … Continue reading

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Response to Comments on FAS

The comments thus far prove my case. For example this line from Mr. Bagel “Its intellectually dishonest to claim that women who only drink moderately have little chance of their child having FAS; and thus this therefore means women can … Continue reading

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