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How TikTok Helped Me Learn to Accept My Vulva
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(Sex)
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... we rarely see and have zero control over? Dr. Sarah Yamaguchi sees a lot of vulvas in her work as a gynecologist and knows that her patients get caught up in the shape, size, and color of theirs. She ...
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Created on 29 March 2022
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OB/GYN's Viral Twitter Thread Sparks Massive Response on Ways to Improve the Gynecology Office Experienc
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(Sex)
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... to a paper gown, to cold metal contraptions going up our you-know-whats, the gynecologist’s office tends to be an intimidating space (and it honestly doesn’t seem to get any easier with age). In a now-viral ...
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Created on 10 December 2021
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Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
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(Living)
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... displays a photo of a studious-looking woman, supposedly a Parisian doctor or “Madame Docteur” curiously named “George Fabre.” The booklet claims Fabre is one of the most prominent gynecologists in France, ...
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Created on 25 March 2021
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Calling All Lady Stoners: On Shame, Gender, and Weed
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(Living)
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... to do with an ovarian cyst that burst in 2014 (my gynecologist said it was extremely unlikely). For two months, I was convinced I had a thyroid issue (the bloodwork my doctor sent for analysis was normal). ...
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Created on 18 December 2020
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A Lady, Liberated: Julia Lindon On Depicting An Honest Coming Out Story In Her New Short Film
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(Movies)
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In one of the first scenes of “Lady Liberty,” Shea (Julia Lindon) awkwardly comes out to her gynecologist, who is painfully unprepared for the news. Shea saying “no penis” to indicate that her sexual ...
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Created on 14 October 2020
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Petra De Sutter Is The Highest Ranking Transgender Government Official in Europe
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(Living)
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Meet Petra De Sutter, the highest senior ranking transgender official in Europe. Ms. De Sutter is a 57-year-old Belgian gynecologist and Green party member. The Green party in Belgium is led by ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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Menstruators On Twitter Are Super Confused About This Period Product—As They Should Be
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(Living)
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... new period product that seems not only unnecessary, but potentially harmful. And after the news on this product made the usual rounds around feminist Twitter, gynecologists agreed that it is almost certainly ...
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Created on 22 July 2020
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Federal Judge Overturns Coronavirus Abortion Ban In Texas
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(Feminism)
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... in Texas, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists put out a statement that recommended abortions not be included in any bans of non-essential medical procedures, due to the time-nature ...
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Created on 31 March 2020
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Ohio Attorney General Attempts To Limit Abortion Access Amidst Coronavirus
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(Feminism)
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... of abortion. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology issued a joint statement stating that abortions are “an essential component of comprehensive ...
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Created on 23 March 2020
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WTF! OB/GYN Won't Let Woman Get Tubes Tied Without "Husband's Consen
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(Feminism)
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... out how hard it can be to find another gynecologist in certain parts of the U.S.
I'm seeing a lot of find a new OBGYN comments. And while I agree, let's remember that many women in rural areas don't have ...
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Created on 26 February 2020
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States Are Calling To Ban Virginity Testing, But What’s Up With This Barbaric Practice In The First Place?
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(Feminism)
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... a person is a virgin or not, 10% of gynecologists in the United States stated in 2017 that they have been asked to perform the test, with 3.5% stating that they had actually performed one. But as Dahl ...
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Created on 07 February 2020
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A True #GirlDad: Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Escorted Out of SOTU Address For Protest
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(Feminism)
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... is a freshman in college, he goes with her to her gynecologist appointments to check her hymen and make sure she’s still a virgin. Really? Bryant’s death made you realize that doing this is very offensive ...
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Created on 05 February 2020
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A Moroccan Journalist's Prison Sentence For Premarital Sex And Having An Abortion Is Met With Protes
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(Feminism)
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... a vaginal examination. The journalist’s gynecologist who was accused of performing the abortion, Dr. Mohammed Jamal Belkeziz, was also arrested and given two years in jail, while an anesthetist and a medical ...
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Created on 07 October 2019
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This Erotic App Is Designed By Women, Specifically For Women
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(Sex)
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As is the tech sector, the sex industry is notoriously dominated by men. The mashup of both industries, dubbed “sex tech,” represents a 30 billion dollar business including everything from sex toys ...
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Created on 15 August 2019
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Selma Blair's Struggle To Get Diagnosis Proves Underlying Problems In Medical Industr
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(General)
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... Sickness—And Doctors Are Finally Realizing It's Not All In Their Heads
Women In Medicine Are Bringing Time’s Up To The Healthcare Industry
Buck Angel On What Every Trans Man Should Ask His Gynecologist ...
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Created on 05 March 2019
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“It’s Freezing Out There” Is A Must-See Web Series That Destigmatizes Infertility
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(Entertainment)
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... dramedy begins with Pepper receiving a call from her gynecologist, who informs her that her “ovarian reserve” (the eggs remaining in her ovaries) is reaching a dangerous level of low. Pepper sees the possibility ...
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Created on 28 February 2019
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Cardi B Speaks Out Against Trump's Government Shutdown: "Our Country Is In A Hellhol
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(Entertainment)
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... healthcare, which is significantly more important than a wall. (“So your grandma could check her blood pressure, and you bitches can go check your pussy at the gynecologist!”) She also drew attention to ...
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Created on 17 January 2019
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Scientists Are Developing A DIY Birth Control Patch That Would Cost Just $1 A Month
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(Living)
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I started the pill in my late teens, mostly because my gynecologist told me it would help me overcome the horrendous cramping I experienced once a month. I was tired of cursing my uterus every time ...
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Created on 15 January 2019
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BUST's 10 Most-Read Posts Of 201
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(General)
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... via YouTube 9. On Being Fat In Ways White Girls Don’t Understand by Savala Nolan Trepczynski
Photo: PXHere Creative Commons 8. Buck Angel On What Every Trans Man Should Ask His Gynecologist by Buck ...
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Created on 19 December 2018
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Sexologist Carol Queen Advises A Cis Reader On The Etiquette Of Sex With Trans Folks
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(Sex)
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... originally appeared in the October/November 2018 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today!
Top photo: JayMantri/Pixabay
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