--- title: Pop Culture date: 2023-07-24T16:30:00-04:00 canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/pop-culture" section: Blog Categories --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Pop Culture [## Bollywood Birds and Bees](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bollywood-birds-bees)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bollywood-birds-bees) [![Bolywood dancing](data:image/png;base64,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)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bollywood-birds-bees) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bollywood-birds-bees) [## The Ongoing Tale About "The Handmaid’s Tale"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-ongoing-tale-about-the-handmaids-tale)Read [The fate and value of the handmaids in the new hit TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” depends on the viability of their ovaries. How far is this from reality? ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-ongoing-tale-about-the-handmaids-tale) [![Elisabeth moss as offred](data:image/png;base64,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)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-ongoing-tale-about-the-handmaids-tale) [The fate and value of the handmaids in the new hit TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” depends on the viability of their ovaries. How far is this from reality? ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-ongoing-tale-about-the-handmaids-tale) [## "Our Bodies, Ourselves" Featured in New Film](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bodies-featured-new-film)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bodies-featured-new-film) [![20thcenturywomen](data:image/png;base64,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)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bodies-featured-new-film) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/bodies-featured-new-film) [## Vagina Dispatches: What Don't You Know About Your Vulva?](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/between-your-womb-and-the-world-vagina-dispatches-to-the-rescue)Read [If you’re not sure what’s between your womb and the world or confuse your vulva with your vagina, Vagina Dispatches will show you the way. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/between-your-womb-and-the-world-vagina-dispatches-to-the-rescue) [If you’re not sure what’s between your womb and the world or confuse your vulva with your vagina, Vagina Dispatches will show you the way. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/between-your-womb-and-the-world-vagina-dispatches-to-the-rescue) [## Gabby Sidibe on What's Missing From Movies, Plus Organizations Making a Difference](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gabby-sidibe-on-whats-missing-from-movies-plus-organizations-making-a-difference)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gabby-sidibe-on-whats-missing-from-movies-plus-organizations-making-a-difference) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gabby-sidibe-on-whats-missing-from-movies-plus-organizations-making-a-difference) [## The Effects of Using Birth Control, Right-Wing Version](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-effects-of-birth-control-right-wing-version)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-effects-of-birth-control-right-wing-version) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-effects-of-birth-control-right-wing-version) [## Howdy From Down Here: Colbert on Summer's Eve and Ads for Clean Men](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/howdy-from-down-here-colbert-on-summers-eve-and-ads-for-clean-men)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/howdy-from-down-here-colbert-on-summers-eve-and-ads-for-clean-men) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/howdy-from-down-here-colbert-on-summers-eve-and-ads-for-clean-men) [## Seeing Ourselves: (Mis)Representations of Girls and Women on Television](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/seeing-ourselves-misrepresentations-of-girls-and-women-on-television)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/seeing-ourselves-misrepresentations-of-girls-and-women-on-television) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/seeing-ourselves-misrepresentations-of-girls-and-women-on-television) [## Our Book, Their Inspiration: Riffing on "Our Bodies, Ourselves"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-book-their-inspiration-riffing-on-our-bodies-ourselves)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-book-their-inspiration-riffing-on-our-bodies-ourselves) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-book-their-inspiration-riffing-on-our-bodies-ourselves) [## Gloria Feldt's Personal Response to "Friday Night Lights"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gloria-feldts-personal-response-to-friday-night-lights)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gloria-feldts-personal-response-to-friday-night-lights) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gloria-feldts-personal-response-to-friday-night-lights) [## "Friday Night Lights" Scores With Honest Episode About Abortion](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/friday-night-lights-scores-with-honest-episode-about-abortion)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/friday-night-lights-scores-with-honest-episode-about-abortion) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/friday-night-lights-scores-with-honest-episode-about-abortion) [## Work by Artist Kaucyila Brooke Censored at Bucharest Biennale](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/work-by-artist-kaucyila-brooke-censored-at-bucharest-biennale)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/work-by-artist-kaucyila-brooke-censored-at-bucharest-biennale) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/work-by-artist-kaucyila-brooke-censored-at-bucharest-biennale) [## Reproductive Health: The Facts on Health Care Reform, Georgia and Lilith Fair (Yes, All of the Above)](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reproductive-health-the-facts-on-health-care-reform-georgia-and-lilith-fair-yes-all-of-the-above)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reproductive-health-the-facts-on-health-care-reform-georgia-and-lilith-fair-yes-all-of-the-above) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reproductive-health-the-facts-on-health-care-reform-georgia-and-lilith-fair-yes-all-of-the-above) [## Double Dose: What Will Happen to Healthcare Reform?; Stopping Campus Rape; Granny Midwife Margaret Charles Smith is Honored; and More ...](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-what-will-happen-to-healthcare-reform-stopping-campus-rape-granny-midwife-margaret-charles-smith-is-honored-and-more)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-what-will-happen-to-healthcare-reform-stopping-campus-rape-granny-midwife-margaret-charles-smith-is-honored-and-more) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-what-will-happen-to-healthcare-reform-stopping-campus-rape-granny-midwife-margaret-charles-smith-is-honored-and-more) [## Our Bodies Ourselves Guest Stars on "Gossip Girl"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-bodies-ourselves-guest-stars-on-gossip-girl)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-bodies-ourselves-guest-stars-on-gossip-girl) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/our-bodies-ourselves-guest-stars-on-gossip-girl) [## Gail Collins on The Colbert Report](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gail-collins-on-the-colbert-report)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gail-collins-on-the-colbert-report) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/gail-collins-on-the-colbert-report) [## Women & Labor: Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Peggy Olson and the Next Generation](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/women-labor-lillian-moller-gilbreth-peggy-olson-and-the-next-generation)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/women-labor-lillian-moller-gilbreth-peggy-olson-and-the-next-generation) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/women-labor-lillian-moller-gilbreth-peggy-olson-and-the-next-generation) [## Double Dose, Part 2: Clinton Focuses on Elevating Women; Whole Foods Fight; Our Genders, Our Rights; The Gender Politics of "Mad Men"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-part-2-clinton-focuses-on-elevating-women-whole-foods-fight-our-genders-our-rights-the-gender-politics-of-mad-men)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-part-2-clinton-focuses-on-elevating-women-whole-foods-fight-our-genders-our-rights-the-gender-politics-of-mad-men) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-part-2-clinton-focuses-on-elevating-women-whole-foods-fight-our-genders-our-rights-the-gender-politics-of-mad-men) [## Stephen Colbert on Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Pushing Hormone Replacement Therapy](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/stephen-colbert-on-wyeth-pharmaceuticals-pushing-hormone-replacement-therapy)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/stephen-colbert-on-wyeth-pharmaceuticals-pushing-hormone-replacement-therapy) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/stephen-colbert-on-wyeth-pharmaceuticals-pushing-hormone-replacement-therapy) [## Double Dose: Fat is Not a Death Sentence; Google AdWords Prohibits Abortion Ads; Survey: Sex After Kids; What Would Buffy Do?](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-fat-is-not-a-death-sentence-google-adwords-prohibits-abortion-ads-survey-sex-after-kids-what-would-buffy-do)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-fat-is-not-a-death-sentence-google-adwords-prohibits-abortion-ads-survey-sex-after-kids-what-would-buffy-do) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-fat-is-not-a-death-sentence-google-adwords-prohibits-abortion-ads-survey-sex-after-kids-what-would-buffy-do) 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