Read Our Bodies, Ourselves Online
Authors: Boston Women's Health Book Collective
18
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Dis
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19
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20
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21
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Palm Beach Post News
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22
. Ibid.
23
. Brian Walsh, “Cracking Down on Toxic Makeup,”
Time
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24
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Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
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25
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146, no. 4 (2010): 412â17.
26
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27
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28
. Ibid.
29
. Ibid.
30
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31
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32
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33
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69, no. 11 (July 1995): 120â29.
34
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Reproductive Health Matters
18, no. 35 (2010): 94â102.
35
. Ruth Brandon,
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(New York: HarperCollins, 2011), p. 229.
36
. Ibid., 377â78.
37
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38
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39
. J. Gohmann, “The Vagina Dialogues,”
Bust
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40
. Angela Bonavoglia, “Cosmetic Vaginal Surgeons Clueless,” Women's Media Center, February 24, 2010, wom ensmediacenter.com/blog/2010/02/cosmetic-vaginal-surgeons-clueless/.
41
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8 (2005): 407â24.
42
. Bonavoglia, “Cosmetic Vaginal Surgeons Clueless.”
43
. L. Liao, L. Michala, and S. Creighton, “Labial Surgery for Well Women: A Review of the Literature,”
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117 (2010): 20â25.
44
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110 (2007): 737â38.
45
. S. Kobrin, “More Women Seek Vaginal Plastic Surgery,”
Women eNews
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46
. “ACOG Advises Against Cosmetic Vaginal Procedures Due to Lack of Safety and Efficacy Data,” press release of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, September 1, 2007, acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr09-01-07-1.cfm.
47
. Working Group on a New View of Women's Sexual Problems, “Challenging the Medicalization of Sex,” New View Campaign, 2000, newviewcampaign.org/manifesto1.asp.
48
. Laura Fitzpatrick, “Plastic Surgery Below the Belt,”
Time
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49
. Carrie Melago, “Ralph Lauren Model Filippa Hamilton: I Was Fired Because I Was Too Fat!”
New York Daily News
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50
. A. Doherty and G. Dines, “Living in a Porn Culture” New Left Project, April 15, 2010, newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/living_in_a_porn_culture/.
51
. R. Weitz, “Changing the Scripts: Midlife Women's Sexuality in Contemporary U.S. Films,”
Sexuality & Culture
14, no. 1 (2009): 17â32.
52
. Ibid.; M. M. Lauren and D. M. Dozier, “Maintaining the Double Standard: Portrayals of Age and Gender in Popular Films,”
Sex Roles
52 (2005): 437â46.
53
. L. Wade, “How and Why People of Color Are Included in Advertising,” The Society Pages, December 6, 2008, thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/12/06/how-and-why-people-of-color-are-included-in-advertising-6th-in-a-series/.
54
. D. Stewart, “âYoung Hollywood' Is White, Thin,” Jezebel, jezebel.com/#!5461571/young-hollywood-is-white-thin.
55
. Michelle Diament, “Can Disability Be Sexy?”
disabilityscoop
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56
. Ibid.
57
. Ischmeiser, “Screenshot: Lose the Biggest Loser Already,”
Bitch
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58
. Maura Kelly, “Should âFatties' Get a Room? (Even on TV?),”
Marie Claire
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59
. C. Leive, “On the C.L.: The Picture You Can't Stop Talking About: Meet âthe Woman on p. 194,'”
Glamour
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60
. C. Strawn, “
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61
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62
. The latest in the series is Jean Kilbourne,
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63
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64
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65
. Mimi Nichter and Nancy Vuckovic, “Fat Talk: Body Image Among Adolescent Girls,” in Nicole Sault, ed.,
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66
. N. Hellmich, “Do Thin Models Warp Girls' Body Images?”
USA Today
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67
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69
. P. Bronson, “Do Disney Princesses Make Young Girls Obsessed with Thinness?”
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70
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71
. Peggy Orenstein, “Real-Life Disney Princess Exposed the Danger Line,”
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72
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73
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74
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62, no. 3 (2007): 220â33.
75
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76
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77
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48 (2003): 378â79.
78
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41, issue 2 (2008): 124â33.
79
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80
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81
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82
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(New York: Penguin, 1998), p. 53.
83
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84
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85
. American Psychological Association, report of the Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report-full.pdf.
86
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(New York: Farrar, Straus, 2005), p. 225.
1
. Julia Serano,
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
(Berkeley: Seal Press, 2007), p. 27.
2
. Joanne Herman,
Transgender Explained for Those Who Are Not
(Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2009), p. 51.
3
. Ibid., p. 28.
4
. Henk Asscheman et al., “A Long-Term Follow-up Study of Mortality in Transsexuals Receiving Treatment with Cross-Sex Hormones,”
European Journal of Endocrinology
(January 25, 2011): D01: 10.153/EJ-10-1095. See also Louis J. Gooren, E. J. Giltay, and M. C. Bunck, “Long-Term Treatment of Transsexuals with Cross-Sex Hormones: Extensive Personal Experience,”
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
93 (2008): 19â25.
5
. Wylie C. Hembree et al., “Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,”
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
94, no. 9 (2009): 3132â54, endo-society.org/guidelines/final/upload/Endocrine-Treatment-of-Transsexual-Persons.pdf.
6
. Dr. Louis Gooren, personal correspondence, December 2010.
7
. See also Louis J. Gooren and E. J. Giltay, “Review of Studies of Androgen Treatment of Female-to-Male Transsexuals: Effects and Risks of Administration of Androgens to Females,”
Journal of Sexual Medicine
5, issue 4 (2008): 765â76.
8
. Hembree et al., “Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons,” table 11.
9
. Ibid.
10
. H. Makadon et al.,
Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
(Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2008), p. 381.