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title: "\"Our Bodies, Ourselves,\" the Guide That Revolutionized Women's Health, Will Stop Printing New Editions"
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# "Our Bodies, Ourselves," the Guide That Revolutionized Women's Health, Will Stop Printing New Editions

By Stassa Edwards • Jezebel • April 9, 2018

> Originally called *Women and Their Bodies*, the initial version is a radical document—not simply because it provided a frank and friendly perspective on taboo topics but because the work was framed by the collective’s anti-capitalist and intersectional perspective. (The group has a [copy of the original 192-page text online](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Women-and-Their-Bodies-1970.pdf) and it’s well worth a look). The approach to women’s healthcare in *Women and Their Bodies* reflects too the goals of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. [NPR notes](https://www.npr.org/2018/04/08/600287546/feminist-health-guide-our-bodies-ourselves-will-stop-publishing) that prior to publication, the collective gave presentations on “topics considered taboo at the time, like masturbation, postpartum struggles, and birth control — which was then illegal for unmarried women in Massachusetts.” Publication of *Women and Their Bodies* turned those quasi-illegal consciousness-raising sessions from small and private to public and accessible, fundamentally changing how women could access information about their bodies.

  
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