Bollywood Birds and Bees By Ayesha Chatterjee | October 10, 2017 An earlier version of this article appeared on Biopolitical Times, the blog of the Center for Genetics and Society. There are few things … More
The Ongoing Tale About “The Handmaid’s Tale” By Ayesha Chatterjee | May 26, 2017 With the wild popularity of the new TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” surrogacy is back in the limelight. The Hulu show, based on … More
“Our Bodies, Ourselves” Featured in New Film By Kiki Zeldes | January 10, 2017 Have you heard of the new movie, “20th Century Women”? The film takes place in the late 1970s and follows a single mother, … More
Vagina Dispatches: What Don’t You Know About Your Vulva? By Amie Newman | September 29, 2016 Do you know what your vulva looks like? Could you, say, draw it if you were asked? What’s the difference between a vagina … More
Gabby Sidibe on What’s Missing From Movies, Plus Organizations Making a Difference By Christine Cupaiuolo | February 29, 2012 During the Oscars on Sunday night, a video montage featured a number of famous actors speaking about the power of movies. Gabourey Sidibe, … More
The Effects of Using Birth Control, Right-Wing Version By Christine Cupaiuolo | August 4, 2011 As previously reported, women with health insurance will soon have access to a host of preventive health care services, including contraception, without having … More
Howdy From Down Here: Colbert on Summer’s Eve and Ads for Clean Men By Christine Cupaiuolo | July 26, 2011 Have you seen the Summer's Eve videos featuring vaginal puppeteering (by way of a talking hand) asking for more V-love? The videos promote … More
The Daily Show Takes on Republicans Defunding Planned Parenthood By Christine Cupaiuolo | February 23, 2011 Jon Stewart: The Republicans have come up with a brilliant idea. What if instead of cutting services for "people," they cut services for … More
Seeing Ourselves: (Mis)Representations of Girls and Women on Television By Christine Cupaiuolo | October 20, 2010 by Culley Schultz | SPARK blog tour As a teenage girl, I watch television on a regular basis. "Glee" happens to be a … More
Our Book, Their Inspiration: Riffing on “Our Bodies, Ourselves” By Christine Cupaiuolo | September 7, 2010 Over the years, the book "Our Bodies, Ourselves" has inspired more than simply an enlightened perspective on women's health -- it has also … More