Our Bodies Our Blog
Occasional posts examining the intersection between health, politics, and reproductive justice.
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June 1, 2011
Submitted by: Molly When I think of OBOS, I think, Empowerment! OBOS means knowing your body, your personal power, and taking control…
A book of wisdom and self-being
May 29, 2011
By Inna Hudaya Quinn fuller, my beloved American friend, is the first who introduce me to OBOS. She and I started a…
A steady companion in my adolescence…
May 3, 2011
Submitted by: Sarah Whedon I really want to have a great story to tell about how “Our Bodies, Ourselves” provided personal health…
I have only love and admiration for those first brave women
April 30, 2011
Submitted by: Meg Sawicki The first time I saw “Our Bodies, Ourselves” was in 1977 and I was a freshman in college…
I have proudly shared it with many young women…
April 29, 2011
Submitted by: Debbie Ali I read and re-read the first copy on recycled newsprint in 1970; loved it when it came out…
I remember thinking how pink it looked!
April 27, 2011
Submitted by: Michele Hamilton I remember reading OBOS in 1980. My friends and I held a meeting and took turns examining our…
I didn’t know much about my body…
April 27, 2011
Submitted by: Joanne Accardi-Goldberger When I was a college girl in the early 70’s, I didn’t know much about my body. Then…
All women should have this book…
April 26, 2011
Submitted by: Cat Grant I found this book when I was about 20. It politicized me about my body and other women’s…
So many excellent conversations…
April 26, 2011
Submitted by: Cheryl de Jong-Lambert The thought of OBOS immediately brings to mind so many excellent conversations with girlfriends the world over…
Lesbians! Labias! Yeast infections!
April 25, 2011
Submitted by: Nancy Goldstein I’ve had OBOS on my shelves since 1972 (I was 11) and even before, I’m pretty sure. It…
I first read OBOS in 1971, my senior year of high school …
April 23, 2011
Submitted by: Harvey Kliman I first read OBOS in 1971, my senior year of high school. Being the oldest of four boys…
My go-to resource for any questions I couldn’t ask out loud
April 22, 2011
Submitted by: Margaret Park Bridges OBOS was born in 1971, just as I entered womanhood and turned 14. It became my go-to…
A sex education refresher: “Our Bodies, Ourselves”
April 22, 2011
Submitted by: Kim Comatas I teach OWL (Our Whole Lives, a sexuality education curricula) and at the end of each session, we…
Our go-to bible for information
April 21, 2011
Submitted by: Ellen Silver Highfield I was introduced to OBOS in 1973 as a freshman at BU. I had joined (that very…
OBOS caused a paradigm shift in my thinking…
April 19, 2011
Submitted by: Sandy Iredale When I was young (read: naïve) about 35 years ago, I had internalized a set of faith-based instructions…
A mirror is one of my most important medical tools
April 19, 2011
Submitted by: Alice Rothchild Starting in 1970, I was a medical student (one of about 10 women in a class of over…
I had never heard the word clitoris…
April 19, 2011
Submitted by: Anonymous I first read OBOS at a women’s group meeting my sophomore year in college. I was 19 years old…
April 17, 2011
Submitted by: Tania Israel OBOS is the book my older sister gave me that taught me how to honor my body and…
March 1, 2011
Submitted by: Caitlin Mercer I feel lucky that I was a little girl in the 1970s. My mother and her friends had…
February 12, 2011
Submitted by: Anna Hensley I received my first copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves when I was 12. At the time, I was…
