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Women's Health

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Blackface, Genital Mutilation, and Cake Cutting in Sweden! Do They Add Up to Racism, Sexism, or Art?

    Oh, my. We're not sure how we missed this story out of Sweden last week (which makes that country's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo read like Cinderella in comparison), but thanks to Channing Kennedy and Jorge Rivas at Color Lines, it came screaming at us this Monday morning. So here's what appears to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Guns are OK, Planned Parenthood Is Not

    ​More unsettling developments in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure shitshow. The breast cancer advocacy group cut $680,000 in screening grants to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, saying that the organization could not give money to groups that are under congressional investigation. ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Mike Bloomberg to Donate $250,000 to Planned Parenthood After Susan G. Komen Cuts

    ​This just in: Mike Bloomberg will match up to $250,000 in donations to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America so the group can continue breast screenings for poor women, according to an official mayoral tweet. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation slashed $680,000 in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Planned Parenthood NYC: Breast Cancer Screenings Will Continue in the City

    ​The battle has finally been won against...breast cancer screenings? Yes, you read that right and yes, it's OK to get really pissed off, ladies. Amid sustained pressure from right-to-life groups (and the congressmen they support), Susan G. Komen for the Cure -- the nation's main breast can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Cynthia Nixon In Wit: My Review

    Margaret Edson's Pulitzer-winning 1995 play Wit finally makes it to Broadway in a Lynne Meadow-directed production starring Cynthia Nixon as a poetry professor named Vivian Bearing who's bearing a lot, actually. Vivian has been diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer, and as she embarks on eight ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Pregnancy and Boozing Are a Bad Mix: Study

    ​File this under "parenting tips for selfish jackasses who should never, ever have children." A new study has found -- get ready -- that drinking during pregnancy is still really bad for the developing fetus, according to the U.S. News & World Report.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    Pilates Ate a Breast Implant

    ​This is reason #137 that we don't quite trust Pilates. (Yes, we know, some swear by it, but when we work out, we want to do more than make those weird little flappy motions with our hands, and "make a corset with our ribs," not to mention, there's the distinct sense that we're doing it all wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    We Would Like to Make a Motion to Institute 'Tweet That You Have Had HPV Day'

    ​HPV: Have you heard of it? You probably have, because in the last few days and weeks it's been talked about a lot -- often incorrectly -- by people like Michele Bachmann and, most recently, tweeted about by Ayelet Waldman, wife of novelist Michael Chabon. In Bachmann's case, she's using HPV v ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 11, 2011

    HOT MAMA BURLESQUE

    ​HPV: Have you heard of it? You probably have, because in the last few days and weeks it's been talked about a lot -- often incorrectly -- by people like Michele Bachmann and, most recently, tweeted about by Ayelet Waldman, wife of novelist Michael Chabon. In Bachmann's case, she's using HPV v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    The Pill Might Be Making You Like Girly Men

    ​Birth control pills are something of a double-edged sword. On one hand, they keep you from getting pregnant, which is presumably a good thing if you're taking birth control pills. On the other hand, they are hormones, and might screw up chemical signals that attract you to the kinds of guys y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Rally for Women's Rights Brings 6,000 to Foley Square

    ​Saturday's Rally for Women's Health in Foley Square served as a reminder that activism in America is alive and well, contrary to whatever the Internet might have been telling us. An estimated 6,000 people gathered at the event held by New York City's Planned Parenthood in an attempt to tell W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    This Weekend's NYC Rally Round-Up

    LIFE.com ​With sparks flaring across the globe, from the Middle East to the Midwest and even our very own SoHo, what seems to be a moment for change is spreading rapidly. This weekend, New Yorkers will take to the streets in honor of two particularly relevant issues: women's health, and violen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    UC Davis Turning Wine Into Science; Starbucks to Serve Booze

    ​The University of California, Davis is researching how to control fermentation to the point of creating identical barrels of wine each vintage. [Wall Street Journal] A glimpse into the world of David Wondrich reveals how the cocktail historian came to write his book about punch, called Punch ... More >>

  • Film

    October 13, 2010

    Unlikely Couple on the Run in Carmo, Hit the Road

    ​The University of California, Davis is researching how to control fermentation to the point of creating identical barrels of wine each vintage. [Wall Street Journal] A glimpse into the world of David Wondrich reveals how the cocktail historian came to write his book about punch, called Punch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    The New Female Condom Takes Over DC: New York Next?

    We may now welcome the phrase "female condom" to the great category of English words like "moist" and "uvula": those which mostly bring shutters to English-speaking men and women nationwide. But this hasn't stopped D.C. lawmakers from touting a new campaign to promote safe sex in the area. From metr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Study: Younger Men Older Women = a Match Made in Sexy-Time Heaven

    ​Interspersed between a lot of Roger Ebert-referencing and The Graduate plot-dissecting, Psychology Today gets to the point and presents an argument in favor of the May-December relationship, with women being the "colder" month in this particular situation. According to researchers from the Un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Study: Male Fetuses Pretend Stress "Isn't Happening"

    ​The University of Adelaide in Australia has determined that boy and girl babies have totally different reactions in the womb to a variety of stressors, from asthma, pre-eclampsia, and cigarette smoke to psychological stress in the mother. "The male, when mum is stressed, pretends it's not h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Raquel Welch Won't Talk To Her Vagina

    ​In her new book, Beyond the Cleavage, actress/singer/siren Raquel Welch reveals that when she was asked to be in The Vagina Monologues, she felt downright queasy about it.

  • Voice Choices

    January 26, 2010

    WRAP IT UP

    How many tacos can you eat in four hours?

  • Voice Choices

    November 24, 2009

    Mon Khmer

    How many tacos can you eat in four hours?

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    19 Buildings Go Pink & White for Breast Cancer Events

    ​If you're like most of our readers, you came to this post by accident. But it's a serendipitous accident if you stroll the streets of our fair city at night, because the tireless publicists of the Empire State Building inform us that tonight the skyscraper will glow pink and white in honor of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    From Hormonal Fish to Chickens, Exploring Wildlife on the 7 line

    The 7 train that cuts through Queens has long been known as the "International Express," after all the different nationalities that live in its shadow. Recently a group of urban ecology students from Columbia and Barnard mapped the line's lesser-known diversity: its wildlife. According to the free ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 25, 2009

    'Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Dooom'

    The 7 train that cuts through Queens has long been known as the "International Express," after all the different nationalities that live in its shadow. Recently a group of urban ecology students from Columbia and Barnard mapped the line's lesser-known diversity: its wildlife. According to the free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Federal Judge: Give Plan B to 17-Year-Olds

    Good news, youngsters. A judge in Brooklyn has ruled that if a 17-year-old girl thinks she may be knocked up, she should have Plan B, the so-called morning after pill, without going through the hassle of obtaining a prescription. Federal Judge Edward Korman gave the FDA 30 days to revise its regs so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Renee Zellweger Comes To Lifetime

    Good news, youngsters. A judge in Brooklyn has ruled that if a 17-year-old girl thinks she may be knocked up, she should have Plan B, the so-called morning after pill, without going through the hassle of obtaining a prescription. Federal Judge Edward Korman gave the FDA 30 days to revise its regs so ... More >>

  • Film

    January 1, 2008

    The Business of Being Born

    Good news, youngsters. A judge in Brooklyn has ruled that if a 17-year-old girl thinks she may be knocked up, she should have Plan B, the so-called morning after pill, without going through the hassle of obtaining a prescription. Federal Judge Edward Korman gave the FDA 30 days to revise its regs so ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    June 12, 2007

    Bye, Bye, Boobies

    Fundraising parties for trans surgery are all the rage, but don't tell Kerry Downey that.

  • Columns

    August 15, 2006

    The Slut Shot

    Will the HPV vaccine encourage sexual freedom or right-wing lunatics?

  • News

    November 22, 2005

    Legalize It: Another Approach to Winning Plan B

    Will the HPV vaccine encourage sexual freedom or right-wing lunatics?

  • News

    November 1, 2005

    Roe v. No

    The fight over Alito misses the daily defeat of legal abortion

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    A New Kind of Abortion War

    Stealth Pro-Life Campaign Erodes Reproductive Rights

  • News

    September 27, 2005

    Here Comes John Roberts, There Goes Roe v. Wade

    Supporters of abortion rights prepare for the worst as chief justice wins confirmation

  • Columns

    August 16, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Supporters of abortion rights prepare for the worst as chief justice wins confirmation

  • News

    January 11, 2005

    When There Was No Choice

    On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the memory of illegal abortion fades

  • Film

    August 3, 2004

    Film

    On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the memory of illegal abortion fades

  • News

    June 10, 2003

    Breasts and Balls

    Pandering Pols Seek Cancer Pension for Firefighters With Either

  • News

    March 4, 2003

    Stealth Misogyny

    Bush's War on Women

  • Columns

    October 8, 2002

    Hot Mamas

    Bush's War on Women

  • Books

    August 6, 2002

    Bearing Witness

    Bush's War on Women

  • Columns

    March 5, 2002

    NY Mirror

    Bush's War on Women

  • News

    January 8, 2002

    Mayor’s Choice

    Bloomberg Backs a Bold New Abortion-Training Plan

  • News

    December 25, 2001

    A New Kind of Abortion War

    Stealth Pro-Life Campaign Erodes Reproductive Rights

  • News

    April 3, 2001

    The Nuremberg Menace

    An Alleged Doctor Killer Is Arrested, and an Antiabortion Web Site Returns

  • Film

    April 3, 2001

    The Choices They Made

    An Alleged Doctor Killer Is Arrested, and an Antiabortion Web Site Returns

  • News

    March 6, 2001

    Limit Access, Stack the Court

    The Right-Wing Map to Outlawing Abortion

  • News

    December 5, 2000

    Sarafem Nation

    Renamed Prozac Targets Huge Market: Premenstrual Women

  • News

    August 29, 2000

    RU Pissed Off Yet?

    After 10 Long Years, American Women May Finally Get the Abortion Pill—With Restrictions that Could Obliterate All It Has to Offer

  • News

    August 24, 1999

    Competing With Cancer

    After 10 Long Years, American Women May Finally Get the Abortion Pill—With Restrictions that Could Obliterate All It Has to Offer

  • News

    June 8, 1999

    Uncovered Sex

    The Long Overdue Campaign To Force Insurers To Pay For The Pill

  • News

    December 9, 1997

    Kathy Acker 1944-1997

    Matias Viegener on her last day with Kathy Acker

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