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title: "Revolutionary Women Look Back on 40 Years of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves'"
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Revolutionary Women Look Back on 40 Years of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves'

Burlington Free Press • April 28, 2012

> In the second half of the decade, many women were beginning to grow tired of “getting coffee for the guys” in local civil rights and anti-war activist circles, according to Pincus. “They wanted to talk about themselves for a change.”  
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> The idea of sharing realistic assessments of their most intimate concerns took shape. “Vilunya and I were in a ‘personal group,’ the sort of thing that was later known as a ‘consciousness-raising group,’” Pincus said.  
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> They believe their literary legacy, “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” is still incredibly relevant for women from all walks of life.

  
**Read the full story:** [Revolutionary Women Look Back on 40 Years of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves'](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120428/ARTS04/120427029/Revolutionary-women-look-back-40-years-Our-Bodies-Ourselves-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp) by Susan Green

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