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October 24, 2009

A Look Back: “Doin’ It: Sex, Disability and Videotape”

December 28, 2007

A Made for TV Story: 16-Year-Old “Good Girl” Gets Pregnant

December 21, 2007

A Return to Blogging — and to Modesty

August 22, 2007

Breast Implants Linked to Higher Suicide Rates; Nose Jobs Big in Iran

September 26, 2006

Calls for Action, Votes and Participation

January 15, 2008

Commodifying the First Daughters

January 24, 2009

Comprehensive Sex Education in Illinois Not All That

February 5, 2008

Concerned About the New “Hookup Culture?” It’s Not So New, or Worrisome, After All

September 27, 2013

Cosmetic Education

September 12, 2006

Creepy Pageant Promotion

November 6, 2007

Delta Dysfunction: Sorority Sisters’ Image Doesn’t Make the Grade

February 26, 2007

Double Dose, Part 2: Clinton Focuses on Elevating Women; Whole Foods Fight; Our Genders, Our Rights; The Gender Politics of “Mad Men”

August 18, 2009

Double Dose: A Modest Proposal for Pregnant Teens; C-Section Stats Under Review; Googling Your Health; New Info on Medicare and Health Insurance Coverage

January 13, 2008

Double Dose: Birth Control Prices Increase, New Magazine for Muslim Girls and Cosmetic Industry Puts on a New Face

March 24, 2007

Double Dose: Breast Cancer Memoirs; Keeping Open the Window on Healthcare Reform; Red Sex, Blue Sex; Chemicals May Delay Pregnancy …

January 31, 2009

Double Dose: Bush White House – “Where All Good Public Health Protections Go to Die”; Afghanistan’s High Maternal Death Rate; The Disney Hypocrisy; Divorce Tied to Professor’s Job Loss; Amy Richards on “Opting In”; and More

May 4, 2008

Double Dose: Genetic Risk of Breast Cancer, Dairy Council Ditches Weight Loss Campaign and the Relationship Between Gender Inequity and HIV/AIDS

June 2, 2007

Double Dose: No IUD For You!; Teens for Safe Cosmetics; Medical Debt a Growing Worry; Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome …

January 24, 2009

Double Dose: Planned Parenthood Expands Reach; Pack Journalism in Search of a Pregnancy “Pact” in Gloucester; Teen Pregnancies at 30-Year Low; Mandating Insurance Coverage for Anorexia; Will Women Give Hormone Maker a Second Chance? …

June 28, 2008

Double Dose: The New Film Genre: Fertility Films; D.C. Sets Up a Place to Pump; The Business of Bacteria; Culture Affects How Teen Girls See Harassment …

May 18, 2008

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