Our Bodies, Ourselves (177 page)

Brown, Harriet, ed.
Feed Me! Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image.
New York: Ballantine Books, 2009.

Byrd, Ayana D., and Lori L. Tharps.
Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002.

Disability Studies, Temple U.: disstud.blogspot.com. Covers disability news and history and provides a portal to the disability blog world.

Douglas, Susan J.
Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message That Feminism's Work Is Done.
New York: Times Books, 2010.

Fat Nutritionist: fatnutritionist.com. Michelle Allison is an online nutritionist who writes about health and body acceptance; the site includes numerous articles and blog links.

Levin, Diane E., and Jean Kilbourne.
So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids.
New York: Ballantine, 2008.

Maine, Margo, and Joe Kelly.
The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to Be Perfect.
New York: Wiley, 2005.

Martin, Courtney.
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How the Quest for Perfection Is Harming Young Women.
New York: Berkley, 2008.

Redd, Nancy Amanda.
Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers.
New York: Gotham Books, 2007.

Steiner-Adair, Catherine, and Lisa Sjostrom.
Full of Ourselves: A Wellness Program to Advance Girl Power, Health, and Leadership.
New York: Teachers College Press, 2006.

Weitz, Rose, ed.
The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior.
3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Baumgardner, Jennifer.
Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Bernstein Sycamore, Matti, ed.
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity.
Berkeley: Seal Press, 2006.

Bornstein, Kate, and S. Bear Bergman, eds.
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation.
Berkeley: Seal Press, 2010.

Carbado, Devon W., Dwight A. McBride, and Donald Weise, eds.
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction.
San Francisco: Cleis, 2002.

Clare, Eli.
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation.
Boston: South End Press, 2009.

Conway, Lynn: ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/conway.html. Website by a University of Michigan professor emerita, including photo gallery of Transsexual Women's Successes.

Diamond, Lisa M.
Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008.

Hermann, Joanne.
Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not.
Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2009.

Makadon, Harvey J., Kenneth H. Mayer, Jennifer Potter, and Hilary Goldhammer.
Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health.
Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2008. See fenwayhealth.org for more on LGTB health.

Serano, Julia.
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity.
Berkeley: Seal Press, 2007.

Black, Claudia.
Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets.
Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2009.

Clunis, Merilee, and G. Dorsey Green.
Lesbian Couples: A Guide to Creating Healthy Relationships.
4th ed. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2004.

Coontz, Stephanie.
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage.
New York: Penguin, 2006.

DePaulo, Bella.
Single with Attitude: Not Your Typical Take on Health and Happiness, Love and Money, Marriage and Friendship.
CreateSpace Publishing, 2009.

Eason, Dossie, and Janet W. Hardy.
The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships and Other Adventures.
2nd ed. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2009.

Hernández, Daisy, and Bushra Rehman, eds.
Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
. Berkeley: Seal Press, 2002.

Lerner, Harriet.
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships.
New York: Harper, 2005.

Richardson, Brenda Lane, and Brenda Wade.
What Mama Couldn't Tell Us About Love: Healing the Emotional Legacy of Racism by Celebrating Our Light.
New York: Harper, 1999.

Walker, Rebecca.
One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love.
New York: Riverhead, 2009.

Abbott, Elizabeth.
A History of Celibacy.
New York: Scribner, 2000.

Carpenter, Laura, and John DeLamater, eds.
Sexuality Across the Lifecourse.
New York: New York University Press, 2011.

Fields, Jessica.
Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality.
Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008.

Fowles, Stacey May, and Megan Griffith Greene, eds.
She's Shameless: Women Write About Growing Up, Rocking Out and Fighting Back.
Toronto: Tightrope Books, 2009.

Luadzers, Darcy.
Virgin Sex for Girls: A No-regrets Guide to Safe and Healthy Sex.
New York: Hatherleigh Press, 2006.

Roberts, Tara, ed.
What Your Mama Never Told You: True Stories About Sex & Love.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Ruttenberg, Danya, ed.
The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism.
New York: NYU Press, 2009.

Tanenbaum, Leora.
Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation.
New York: Harper, 2000.

Valenti, Jessica.
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women.
Berkeley: Seal Press, 2009.

Wade, Jenny.
Transcendent Sex: When Lovemaking Opens the Veil.
New York: Pocket Books, 2004.

Corinna, Heather.
S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College.
New York: Marlowe, 2007.

Friedman, Jaclyn, and Jessica Valenti, eds.
Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape.
Berkeley: Seal Press, 2008.

Herbenick, Debby.
Because It Feels Good: A Woman's Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction.
New York: Rodale Books, 2009.

Hutcherson, Hilda.
Pleasure: A Woman's Guide to Getting the Sex You Want, Need, and Deserve.
New York: Putnam, 2006.

Kerner, Ian.
She Comes First: A Thinking Man's Guide to Pleasuring a Woman.
New York: Harper, 2004.

Nelson, Tammy.
Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.
Beverly, MA: Quiver, 2008.

Newman, Felice.
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us.
2nd ed. San Francisco: Cleis, 2004.

Ogden, Gina.
The Return of Desire: A Guide to Recovering Your Sexual Passion.
Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2008. (Also see Gina Ogden's other books:
The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection
, and
Women Who Love Sex: Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy.
)

Price, Joan.
Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty.
Berkeley: Seal, 2006.

Schell, Jude.
Lesbian Sex: 101 Lovemaking Positions.
Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 2008.

Brownworth, Victoria A., and Susan Raffo, eds.
Restricted Access: Lesbians on Disability.
Berkeley: Seal Press, 1999.

Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor College of Medicine: bcm.edu/crowd.

ChronicBabe.com: chronicbabe.com. Articles, community forums, and resources for women with chronic illness.

Clare, Eli.
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation.
Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2009.

FWD (feminists with disabilities): a blogroll of disability blogs, disabledfeminists.com/blogroll.

Kaufman, Miriam, Cory Silverberg, and Fran Odette.
The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain and Illness.
2nd ed. San Francisco: Cleis, 2007.

Kroll, Ken, and Erica Levy Klein.
Enabling Romance: A Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships for People with Disabilities (and the People Who Care About Them).
Horsham, PA: No Limits Communications, 2001.

National Vulvodynia Association: nva.org. Resources, support services, and educational booklets for women and their partners.

Stewart, Elizabeth G., and Paula Spencer.
The V Book: A Doctor's Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health.
New York: Bantam, 2002.

Gordon, Linda.
The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America.
Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2007.

Guttmacher Institute: information about contraceptive use and policies in the United States, guttmacher.org/sections/contraception.php?scope=U.S.%20specific.

Hatcher, Robert A., James Trussell, Anita L. Nelson, Felicia H. Stewart, and Deborah Kowal.
Contraceptive Technology.
19th edition. New York: Ardent Media, 2008.

Nationwide Emergency Contraception Hotline: (888) NOT-2-LATE, 24/7 in English and Spanish. Not-2-Late.com has information in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.

National Women's Law Center Family Planning Report Card for States: hrc.nwlc.org/states.

Planned Parenthood: plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control-4211.htm.

Singer, Katie.
The Garden of Fertility: A Guide to Charting Your Fertility Signals to Prevent or Achieve Pregnancy—Naturally—and to Gauge Your Reproductive Health
. New York: Avery Publishing Group, 2004.

“U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010”: cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5904.pdf.

Weschler, Toni.
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achivement, and Reproductive Health.
New York: Harper, 2001.

American Sexual Health Association: ashastd.org.

Foley, Sallie, Sally A. Kope, and Dennis P. Sugrue.
Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self.
New York: Guilford Press, 2002.

Fulbright, Yvonne K.
The Hot Guide to Safer Sex.
Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 2003.

Go Ask Alice! goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat7.html.

HIV InSite: Safer Sex, hivinsite.ucsf.edu.

Planned Parenthood Safer Sex: plannedparenthood.org/health-topics.

San Francisco Sex Information: sfsi.org, 415-989-7374. Free, anonymous, nonjudgmental sex info via web, phone, email.

Scarleteen: scarleteen.com/article/sexuality/safe_sound_sexy_a_safer_sex_how_to.

Pleasure Project: thepleasureproject.org.

Winks, Cathy, and Anne Semans.
The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex: The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever Written.
3rd ed. San Francisco: Cleis, 2002.

American Social Health Association (ASHA): ashastd.org.

The Body: HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Women, the body.com/content/art44411.html.

Centers for Disease Control: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, cdc.gov/STD.

Centers for Disease Control:
2010 STD Treatment Guidelines
, cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010.

Guttmacher Institute: HIV/AIDS and STIs, guttmacher.org/sections/sti.php.

Krishnan, Shobha S.
The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Sex, Cancer, God, and Politics. A Guide for Parents, Women, Men, and Teenagers
. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008.

Nack, Adina.
Damaged Goods? Women Living with Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS): siecus.org.

Warren, Terri.
The Good News About the Bad News: Herpes—Everything You Need to Know.
Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2009.

Abortion Care Networks. “Mom, Dad, I'm Pregnant:” momdadimpregnant.com

Austin-Small, Ophelia.
Surprise Motherhood: A Guide to Unexpected Adult Pregnancy.
Self-published, 2007.

Davis, Deborah.
You Look Too Young to Be a Mom: Teen Moms Speak Out on Love, Learning, and Success.
New York: Perigee Books, 2004.

Guttmacher Institute. “
Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health
,” guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html.

National Abortion Federation. “Unsure About Your Pregnancy? A Guide to Making the Right Decision for You,” prochoice.org/pubs_research/publications/downloads/index.html#pregnant.

Planned Parenthood. “Thinking About Parenting,” planned parenthood.org/health-topics/pregnancy/parenting-21521.htm.

Williams-Wheeler, Dorrie.
The Unplanned Pregnancy Book for Teens and College Students.
Virginia Beach, VA: Sparkledoll Productions, 2004.

Abortion Conversation Project: abortionconversation. com.

Baumgardner, Jennifer.
Abortion & Life.
New York: Akashic Books, 2008.

Frankfort, Ellen, and Frances Kissling.
Rosie: The Investigation of a Wrongful Death.
New York: Doubleday, 1979.

Freedman, Lori.
Willing and Unable: Doctors' Constraints in Abortion Care.
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2010.