--- title: Books date: 2023-07-24T16:30:00-04:00 canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/books" section: Blog Categories --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Books [## How "Our Bodies, Ourselves" Inspired "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/how-obos-inspired-trans-bodies-trans-selves)Read [We are immensely proud to be part of the line of activists whose work over the decades helped lead to “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves.” Here is our afterword. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/how-obos-inspired-trans-bodies-trans-selves) [![OBOS Trans Bodies](data:image/png;base64,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)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/how-obos-inspired-trans-bodies-trans-selves) [We are immensely proud to be part of the line of activists whose work over the decades helped lead to “Trans Bodies, Trans Selves.” Here is our afterword. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/how-obos-inspired-trans-bodies-trans-selves) [## New Hesperian Book Focuses on Improving Health Through Community Organizing](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/hesperian-health-actions-for-women)Read [Hesperian Health Guides has released a new book focused on helping women (and men) create change to improve the health of women and girls. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/hesperian-health-actions-for-women) [![Health Actions for Women in India](data:image/png;base64,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)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/hesperian-health-actions-for-women) [Hesperian Health Guides has released a new book focused on helping women (and men) create change to improve the health of women and girls. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/hesperian-health-actions-for-women) [## When Did Women's Health Become a Divisive Political Issue Instead of a Private Medical One?](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-womans-right-know)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-womans-right-know) [![A Womans Right to Know by Carol Roye](data:image/png;base64,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)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-womans-right-know) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/a-womans-right-know) [## "Voice Male": New Book on the Social Transformation of Masculinity](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/voice-male-book-on-social-transformation-of-masculinity)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/voice-male-book-on-social-transformation-of-masculinity) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/voice-male-book-on-social-transformation-of-masculinity) [## New Book on Birth Control Overlooks Evidence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-book-on-birth-control-overlooks-evidence)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-book-on-birth-control-overlooks-evidence) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-book-on-birth-control-overlooks-evidence) [## Night Sweats: A Memoir on an Unplanned Pregnancy](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/night-sweats-a-memoir-on-an-unplanned-pregnancy)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/night-sweats-a-memoir-on-an-unplanned-pregnancy) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/night-sweats-a-memoir-on-an-unplanned-pregnancy) [## "Crow After Roe" Looks at Inequities in Reproductive Healthcare](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/crow-after-roe-looks-at-inequities-in-reproductive-healthcare)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/crow-after-roe-looks-at-inequities-in-reproductive-healthcare) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/crow-after-roe-looks-at-inequities-in-reproductive-healthcare) [## "Cracked Open": New Book Looks at Fertility and Reproductive Technology](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/cracked-open-new-book-looks-at-fertility-and-reproductive-technology)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/cracked-open-new-book-looks-at-fertility-and-reproductive-technology) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/cracked-open-new-book-looks-at-fertility-and-reproductive-technology) [## Women's History: The New York Times Reviews "Our Bodies, Ourselves"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/womens-history-the-new-york-times-reviews-our-bodies-ourselves)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/womens-history-the-new-york-times-reviews-our-bodies-ourselves) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/womens-history-the-new-york-times-reviews-our-bodies-ourselves) [## In the Boston Area? Come See Judy Norsigian This Sunday at the Jewish Book Fair](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/in-the-boston-area-come-see-judy-norsigian-this-sunday-at-the-jewish-book-fair)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/in-the-boston-area-come-see-judy-norsigian-this-sunday-at-the-jewish-book-fair) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/in-the-boston-area-come-see-judy-norsigian-this-sunday-at-the-jewish-book-fair) [## Educate Congress - Highlights from Our Bodies Ourselves at the National Press Club](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/educate-congress-highlights-from-our-bodies-ourselves-at-the-national-press-club)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/educate-congress-highlights-from-our-bodies-ourselves-at-the-national-press-club) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/educate-congress-highlights-from-our-bodies-ourselves-at-the-national-press-club) [## Big Announcement! Our Bodies Ourselves Launches "Educate Congress" Campaign](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/big-announcement-our-bodies-ourselves-launches-educate-congress-campaign)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/big-announcement-our-bodies-ourselves-launches-educate-congress-campaign) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/big-announcement-our-bodies-ourselves-launches-educate-congress-campaign) [## Road Trip: Delivering "Our Bodies, Ourselves" and Sex Education Books to Rep. Todd Akin](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/delivering-our-bodies-ourselves-to-rep-todd-akin)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/delivering-our-bodies-ourselves-to-rep-todd-akin) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/delivering-our-bodies-ourselves-to-rep-todd-akin) [## "Our Bodies, Ourselves" Part of Library of Congress's "Books that Shaped America" Exhibit](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-bodies-ourselves-part-of-library-of-congresss-books-that-shaped-america-exhibit)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-bodies-ourselves-part-of-library-of-congresss-books-that-shaped-america-exhibit) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-bodies-ourselves-part-of-library-of-congresss-books-that-shaped-america-exhibit) [## Reading Religion and the Body and Private Bodies, Public Texts](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reading-religion-and-the-body-and-private-bodies-public-texts)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reading-religion-and-the-body-and-private-bodies-public-texts) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reading-religion-and-the-body-and-private-bodies-public-texts) [## New Book: "Health First! The Black Woman's Wellness Guide"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-book-health-first-the-black-womans-wellness-guide)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-book-health-first-the-black-womans-wellness-guide) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-book-health-first-the-black-womans-wellness-guide) [## OBOS Global Symposium Spotlights Challenges to Securing Health, Human Rights](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-global-symposium-spotlights-challenges-to-securing-health-human-rights)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-global-symposium-spotlights-challenges-to-securing-health-human-rights) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-global-symposium-spotlights-challenges-to-securing-health-human-rights) [## Good Journalism: The Story of a Transgender Youth and Her Family](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/good-journalism-the-story-of-a-transgender-youth-and-her-family)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/good-journalism-the-story-of-a-transgender-youth-and-her-family) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/good-journalism-the-story-of-a-transgender-youth-and-her-family) [## New "Our Bodies, Ourselves" a 2011 Library Journal Best Book!](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-our-bodies-ourselves-edition-is-a-2011-library-journal-best-consumer-health-book)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-our-bodies-ourselves-edition-is-a-2011-library-journal-best-consumer-health-book) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-our-bodies-ourselves-edition-is-a-2011-library-journal-best-consumer-health-book) [## Sexuality, Pleasure & Safety: How to Know What You Really Really Want](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/sexuality-pleasure-safety-what-you-really-really-want)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/sexuality-pleasure-safety-what-you-really-really-want) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/sexuality-pleasure-safety-what-you-really-really-want) ![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)### *Why You Can* **Trust Us** - We rigorously evaluate all content - We embrace a reproductive justice framework - We don’t accept ads or sell products - We reject funding from the pharmaceutical industry - We counter misinformation and disinformation - We address the social, political, and economic factors that affect health and sexuality [read more](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/why-you-can-trust-us) Share [](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)