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title: "‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ Will Stop Printing New Editions"
date: 2023-12-04T18:00:00-05:00
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ Will Stop Printing New Editions

By Stephanie Ebbert • The Boston Globe • April 5, 2018

> The groundbreaking work, which began as a 35-cent pamphlet, was published by Simon and Schuster, translated into 31 languages, and revised in nine editions, and it sold over 4 million copies. It’s considered one of the most influential books of the 20th century.  
>   
> Passed down, often wordlessly, from mother to daughter, the book provided women intimate insights into their own bodies and presented forbidden topics, from menstruation to masturbation, complete with illustrations.

  
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