“The medical industry is always trying to preserve women’s ovaries to have a baby,” lamented Erin Barnett, a woman with […]
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“The medical industry is always trying to preserve women’s ovaries to have a baby,” lamented Erin Barnett, a woman with […]
Content Warning: sexual violence; gynecological and obstetric violence. Vaginismus is having a moment. A sexual disability that is medically classified […]
Innovative. Exciting. Easy. Painless. These are just some of the words used to describe the Delphi Screener — a sterile, […]
I walk into the examination room, dreading what is about to happen. My heart’s racing. First, they take my warm […]
Antebellum physician James Marion Sims has been in the news quite a bit lately as a target of activism. After […]
In July of 1715, when Mary Marsh was asked about the details of her rape, she claimed that “the Prisoner […]
I realized belatedly that writing a biography of a women’s health activist as my dissertation (and wrestling with the late […]
I would call it a “pet peeve,” but the stakes are higher: I can’t stand policy arguments based on inaccurate […]