News & MediaThe Latest from Our Bodies Ourselves 1 2 3 4 July 2025Susan Sered's Posts from Cancer Land In deep admiration for Susan Sered's ongoing “Posts from Cancer Land,” we invited one of Susan's students, Our Bodies Ourselves intern Brynn Buckley, to share her thoughts about the fiercely honest series. In deep admiration for Susan Sered's ongoing “Posts from Cancer Land,” we invited one of Susan's students, Our Bodies Ourselves intern Brynn Buckley, to share her thoughts about the fiercely honest series. June 2025Activist Authors on Reproductive Justice: New Books that are Building an Intersectional Movement (webinar recording) Our Bodies Ourselves hosted a conversation with four powerful, activist authors on May 28, 2025. Loretta J. Ross, Carrie N. Baker, and Our Bodies Ourselves content expert co-chairs Candace Bond-Theriault and Marlene Fried. Our Bodies Ourselves hosted a conversation with four powerful, activist authors on May 28, 2025. Loretta J. Ross, Carrie N. Baker, and Our Bodies Ourselves content expert co-chairs Candace Bond-Theriault and Marlene Fried. May 2025May 2025 Newsletter: Generations Our May 2025 newsletter issue honors the founders’ generation by highlighting the generative work of Our Bodies Ourselves, including advocacy, global projects, history and legacy; reflections from our student interns; new resources, news, and upcoming public programs. Our May 2025 newsletter issue honors the founders’ generation by highlighting the generative work of Our Bodies Ourselves, including advocacy, global projects, history and legacy; reflections from our student interns; new resources, news, and upcoming public programs. May 2025Remembering Norma Meras Swenson Norma Meras Swenson (1932-2025) was a passionate global feminist activist who never stopped working to improve the health of women and our communities. Her peers collectively wrote this obituary for the eldest founder of Our Bodies Ourselves. Norma Meras Swenson (1932-2025) was a passionate global feminist activist who never stopped working to improve the health of women and our communities. Her peers collectively wrote this obituary for the eldest founder of Our Bodies Ourselves. May 2025Boston Public Library Digitizes the Earliest “Our Bodies, Ourselves” Books Thanks to a digitization project completed by Special Collections at the Boston Public Library, the very first versions of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” are now available on Digital Commonwealth, a free, open-access site. Thanks to a digitization project completed by Special Collections at the Boston Public Library, the very first versions of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” are now available on Digital Commonwealth, a free, open-access site. April 2025April 2025 Newsletter: Refusing to be Silent In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, our April 2025 newsletter highlights gender-based violence (GBV) resources from our website, alongside news about OBOS and our upcoming events. We also hope that youʼll take heart from the people we spotlight from Our Bodies Ourselves's network: forensic nurse and educator Jessica Draughon Moret, empowerment self-defense teacher Lauren Taylor, and the activist authors on our upcoming Reproductive Justice panel. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, our April 2025 newsletter highlights gender-based violence (GBV) resources from our website, alongside news about OBOS and our upcoming events. We also hope that youʼll take heart from the people we spotlight from Our Bodies Ourselves's network: forensic nurse and educator Jessica Draughon Moret, empowerment self-defense teacher Lauren Taylor, and the activist authors on our upcoming Reproductive Justice panel. April 2025Collective Power 2025 Our Bodies Ourselves was thrilled to co-sponsor the 2025 Collective Power Conference. Program associate Grace Koch reflects on the weekend. Our Bodies Ourselves was thrilled to co-sponsor the 2025 Collective Power Conference. Program associate Grace Koch reflects on the weekend. March 2025March 2025 Newsletter: Writing Ourselves Back In During Women's History Month, we look to Our Bodies Ourselves's own history for tools, knowledge, and inspiration. The issue includes an interview with co-founder Jane Pincus, website highlights, OBOS news, upcoming events, and how to get engaged to support trans rights. During Women's History Month, we look to Our Bodies Ourselves's own history for tools, knowledge, and inspiration. The issue includes an interview with co-founder Jane Pincus, website highlights, OBOS news, upcoming events, and how to get engaged to support trans rights. March 2025Inspired and Outraged: Dr. Alice Rothchild Talks about Her New Memoir Dr. Alice Rothchild reads from her intimate memoir, "Inspired and Outraged," and discusses her journey from being a "good girl" in the 1950s to becoming an irreverent, feisty, feminist physician in the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Alice Rothchild reads from her intimate memoir, "Inspired and Outraged," and discusses her journey from being a "good girl" in the 1950s to becoming an irreverent, feisty, feminist physician in the 1960s and 1970s. March 2025Rewatching "Abortion and Women's Rights 1970": An Interview with Jane Pincus Our Bodies Ourselves talks with co-founder Jane Pincus about making her ground-breaking film “Abortion and Women’s Rights 1970” and what it means to screen it with public audiences again now, in 2025. Our Bodies Ourselves talks with co-founder Jane Pincus about making her ground-breaking film “Abortion and Women’s Rights 1970” and what it means to screen it with public audiences again now, in 2025. February 2025February 2025 Newsletter: Meeting the Moment This newsletter highlights a new legal agreement that brings OBOS entirely to Suffolk University and reconnects OBOS activism with its educational mission through this website. This newsletter highlights a new legal agreement that brings OBOS entirely to Suffolk University and reconnects OBOS activism with its educational mission through this website. February 2025Our Bodies Ourselves Starts a New Chapter at Suffolk University's Center for Women's Health and Human Rights We are thrilled to announce that a new agreement between the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective and Suffolk University has opened a new chapter for Our Bodies Ourselves! Suffolk’s Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights is now the official global hub for the iconic feminist resource. We are thrilled to announce that a new agreement between the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective and Suffolk University has opened a new chapter for Our Bodies Ourselves! Suffolk’s Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights is now the official global hub for the iconic feminist resource. February 2025Our Bodies Ourselves Continues the Work of Breast Cancer Action Our Bodies Ourselves Today is honored to continue the incomparable advocacy and educational work of Breast Cancer Action after BCA's closure in December 2024. Our Bodies Ourselves Today is honored to continue the incomparable advocacy and educational work of Breast Cancer Action after BCA's closure in December 2024. January 2025January 2025 Newsletter: Growing Older, Finding Our Power From co-founder Vilunya Diskin's experiences to our Sex and Aging program, the January 2025 newsletter issue focuses on women telling our own stories about growing older, and finding our power. From co-founder Vilunya Diskin's experiences to our Sex and Aging program, the January 2025 newsletter issue focuses on women telling our own stories about growing older, and finding our power. January 20252025 Menstrual Equity Summit at Suffolk University Our Bodies Ourselves hosted the 2025 Menstrual Equity Summit at Suffolk University with MassNOW on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Our Bodies Ourselves hosted the 2025 Menstrual Equity Summit at Suffolk University with MassNOW on Saturday, January 25, 2025. December 2024December 2024 Newsletter: Taking Stock We reflect on highlights from our work in 2024, and celebrate the outstanding and transformative work of our diverse network of content experts over the past year. We reflect on highlights from our work in 2024, and celebrate the outstanding and transformative work of our diverse network of content experts over the past year. December 2024New Evidence Reveals Vilunya Diskin's Family Experience of the Holocaust At age 83, Our Bodies Ourselves co-founder Vilunya Diskin has finally found out what happened to the family she lost in the Holocaust. At age 83, Our Bodies Ourselves co-founder Vilunya Diskin has finally found out what happened to the family she lost in the Holocaust. December 2024Sex and Aging: An Our Bodies Ourselves Conversation Sex and Aging: An Our Bodies Ourselves Conversation - December 10, 2024 Sex and Aging: An Our Bodies Ourselves Conversation - December 10, 2024 December 2024Our Bodies, Their Business A new book, "Women's Health and Corporate Marketing: Our Bodies, Their Business," examines how marketing schemes have profoundly harmed women’s health and healthcare across the world. Read the foreword by OBOS cofounders Judy Norsigian and Kiki Zeldes. A new book, "Women's Health and Corporate Marketing: Our Bodies, Their Business," examines how marketing schemes have profoundly harmed women’s health and healthcare across the world. Read the foreword by OBOS cofounders Judy Norsigian and Kiki Zeldes. November 2024November 2024 Newsletter: Pregnancy and Reproductive Justice This newsletter issue focuses on the intersections between pregnancy and other aspects of women's health, with a reproductive justice approach. This newsletter issue focuses on the intersections between pregnancy and other aspects of women's health, with a reproductive justice approach. 1 2 3 4
