The Latest from Our Bodies Ourselves

Our Bodies Ourselves writer and content developer Jonese Austin moves on to full-time doctoral research in cultural anthropology.

The April/May 2026 Our Bodies Ourselves newsletter reports on joyful gatherings and events, new resources, and news of two recent French adaptations of OBOS and "Ourselves and Our Children," as well as an announcement of our conference next March.

Our Bodies Ourselves celebrated International Day of the Midwife with the Bay State Birth Coalition on May 5, 2026.

We joined 100 other activists for Midwife Advocacy Day, organized by the Bay State Birth Coalition, at the Massachusetts Statehouse on April 14, 2026.

Updates on revised adaptations of "Our Bodies Ourselves" from Le Collectif Nos Corps Nous-mêmes, our global partner in France

This issue features a sampling of the newest content on the Our Bodies Ourselves website, an update from our global partner in Nepal, news and events, and an introduction to our newest staff member, web manager Nyk Rayne.

Video of the "Making Our Legacy Matter" program, hosted by Our Bodies Ourselves on International Women's Day 2026.

Sunita Mainali and Sumitra Poudel share updates from Nepal about WOREC's current work.

Paula Brown Doress-Worters (1938-2026) was an author, activist, public intellectual, and co-founder of Our Bodies Ourselves.

In the cherished memory of OBOS co-founder Paula Doress-Worters, we keep writing, organizing against injustice, and caring for each other. This newsletter does its part, from providing heart health resources to updates from our global partner in Québec.

La CORPS féministe in Québec publishes a second volume drawing from "Our Bodies, Ourselves," focused on birthing, fertility, and pregnancy.

Our January 2026 issue highlights new content on menopause care, vulvovaginal pain, Black midwives, demythologizing the hymen, and healing from sexual trauma. Our global partner TAHEA reports from Tanzania. We celebrate our fall semester interns and share recordings of recent programs we've cosponsored.

Mary Kabati, Executive Director of the Tanzania Home Economics Organization (TAHEA), shares updates about TAHEA's current work.

We mourn the loss of two brilliant and consequential feminists who reshaped the healthcare landscape: writer Gena Corea and attorney Susan Jenkins.

Our December newsletter recaps the news, events, and accomplishments of 2025 at Our Bodies Ourselves.

Our Bodies Ourselves, Mass NOW, and the Massachusetts Menstrual Equity Coalition hosted the third annual Massachusetts Menstrual Equity Summit at Suffolk University on December 6, 2025.

The Fall 2025 newsletter celebrates art that honors Our Bodies Ourselves and reflects on how art can help us heal. It spotlights new resources, including interviews with OBOS co-founder Joan Ditzion and longtime contributor Amie Newman, as well as news about our advocacy and public programs.

Our Bodies Our Quilt is a national, multi-generational community quilt project that invites people to reflect on their bodily autonomy and hopes to engage survivors of violence in meaningful expression and collective storytelling.

We celebrated season one of our podcast, Next Chapters, with live interviews and audience Q&A! Featuring podcast host Mindy Fried, guests Karen Given, Karen Bullock, Jane Fleishman, Vilunya Diskin, and Joan Ditzion.

The historic Our Bodies Ourselves banner is still in action! The summer 2025 newsletter celebrates our student interns and features a sample of our new resources on reproductive health and sexuality. We share upcoming events, and report on some of our recent advocacy work.