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title: "With a Groundbreaking Handbook and a Dystopian Tale, Women Gain a Voice"
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# With a Groundbreaking Handbook and a Dystopian Tale, Women Gain a Voice

By Clyde Haberman • The New York Times • September 12, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/us/handmaids-women-health.html  
> [Retro Report](https://www.nytimes.com/column/retro-report?mcubz=3), whose video documentaries explore how major news stories of the past still resonate, turns its lens on “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” a book first published in the early 1970s. It revolutionized how health care for women was discussed. In frank language and illustrations, it delved into topics that a half-century ago were publicly taboo, from birth control to pregnancy, from sexual desires to menopause.

  
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