Wed, May 16, 2012
Cindy Pearson, Executive Director, National Women’s Health Network
I’ve spent my whole adult life talking about women’s health. In fact, I started volunteering at a women’s clinic before I old enough to buy a drink, so I’ve been talking about women’s health since before I was adult. I can tell you anything you wanted to know – and more – about birth control, pregnancy, breast cancer,...
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Mon, April 30, 2012
Sarah Murphy - NWHN Intern
"Thinspiration" content on social media websites, or "thinspo" for short, has recently become a hot topic for discussion in the news as well as the blogosphere. Thinspiration is exactly what it sounds like: material aimed at inspiring one to lose weight and become unhealthfully thin. It can take on many forms, most including motivational messages,...
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Thu, March 08, 2012
Sarah Murphy - NWHN Intern
“What does it say about the college coed Susan [sic] Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex.
“She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She...
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Mon, February 27, 2012
Samantha Greenberg - NWHN Intern
Ladies, I’m not going to lie to you. The first time I tried the FC2 female condom I did NOT like it. I wanted to like it. I really really wanted to like it. With all the possibilities the FC2 offers for women to reclaim their sexuality, to combat gender stereotypes, to empower women to make informed decisions about safer sex - I wanted to love the FC2 right away. But...
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Tue, February 21, 2012
Sarah Murphy - NWHN Intern
Week one of my feminist intern adventures in Washington, D.C. exceeded my expectations to say the least. After receiving a warm welcome from the NWHN staff, I was ready to get to work, but also slightly unsure as to what that work would entail. After being at the NWHN for only a few days, I found myself checking in, wide-eyed, at the National Press Club for an event...
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Thu, February 16, 2012
Cindy Pearson, NWHN Executive Director
I was stunned when I heard early this morning that the House of Representatives was planning to hold a hearing on contraception without any women testifying. Did a time machine transport me back in time while I was sleeping last night? This couldn’t be happening right now, in February 2012, could it? Once I double-checked the date, and got over being...
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Fri, February 03, 2012
Cindy Pearson, NWHN Executive Director
OK, I didn’t invent the think before you pink™ slogan*. But it sure seems appropriate, doesn’t it? It’s time for everyone who wants to be part of helping eradicate breast cancer to think about where their money goes when they buy a pink product or take part in a pink-themed walk or run. A lot of supporters of the Komen Foundation...
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Wed, January 25, 2012
Christina Cherel - NWHN Health Information Intern
It was by no means my first rally. At the tender age of 11, I had vehemently declared myself pro-choice and have been actively involved in political organizing and demonstrating ever since. My family, a fairly moderate group of people, never quite understood what the draw was for me, but it never really mattered. I can still remember my first rally vividly, the 2004 March...
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Tue, January 10, 2012
Kate Ryan - Program Coordinator
One of the first pieces of information you come across when you start to read about cervical cancer is that it is 100 percent preventable if caught and treated in the precancerous stage – yes, you read that right, 100%. So then why in the United States are more than 12,000 women a year still diagnosed with cervical cancer and why do more than 4,000 women a year die of...
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Thu, December 15, 2011
Kate Ryan - NWHN Program Coordinator
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned companies advertising the Lap-Band, a surgical weight loss device, that their ads are misleading and must be stopped and corrected. The Network is glad the FDA stepped up and took action against the Lap-Band’s deceptive marketing campaigns, but it is not enough – this dangerous device is still being marketed to tens...
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