Confused?!? So is everyone else...</h1> <article> <h1>Confused?!? So is everyone else...</h1> <p>intern — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:19:53 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author: </div> Brittnee Hawkins - NWHN Intern </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-blog-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Date: </div> <span class="date-display-single">Thu, May 24, 2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p>I cringe when people call Emergency Contraception (EC) the abortion pill. Why?! (Glad you asked) Because they are not <em>at all</em> the same thing and confusing them has created barriers to access, placed both pills in the height of the social and moral debate on contraception and women’s reproductive rights, and has provided misinformation and ammunition for pro-life advocates across the country.</p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/2012/05/24/confused-so-everyone-else" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Billboards, Women of Color, and Politics</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:18:08 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>By Shaniqua Seth and Malika Redmond</strong></p> <p>Accentuated and airbrushed, often young and Caucasian, female body parts are displayed on billboards throughout the U.S. as a staple marketing technique to attract consumers’ attention and dollars. Feminists have long critiqued the way this advertising strategy objectifies women, but the strategy took a twist when a controversial billboard made national news after it was erected in New York City in 2011. The ad used a woman of color’s body not to sell a product, but to promote an anti-choice message. The young African-American girl in the billboard was both the object and subject of the message, which read: “The Most Dangerous Place for an African-American is in the Womb.”</p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1402" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Contraceptive Safety Conversations — What’s a responsible feminist to do?</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:52:32 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>By Amy Allina</strong></p> <p>Here in the U.S., we aren’t very good at talking about contraception. In fact, we’re usually down-right terrible at it! Recent conservative attacks have focused public attention on how universally accepted contraceptive use is in this country, which may make it a little easier for us to talk about. But, these attacks have serious downsides for the contraceptive conversation, too.</p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1401" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Women and Temporomandibular Disorders</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:35:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>By Joan Wilentz</strong></p> <p>Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) are characterized by pain and dysfunction in one or both jaw joints and/or their surrounding tissues. These joints are the most complex in the body. They work as a pair, positioned on either side of the head, connecting the upper ends of the mandible (the lower jaw bone) to the temporal bone of the skull. The joints enable you to move your jaw in three dimensions: up and down, forward and back, and side to side. Serious disruption in the jaw’s function affects the ability to eat, chew, and swallow food; speak and make facial expressions; and breathe and sleep comfortably.</p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1400" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Young Feminists: Strong, Confident, & Single — Dating Distresses of a Young Feminist</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:53 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>By Christina Cherel</strong></p> <p>They say good men are hard to find and that sailing through the dating waters can be rough. I’ve found that, for an outspoken, pro-choice feminist woman in her early twenties, the pool of eligible bachelors is even shallower.</p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1399" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Snapshots</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:16:46 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1398" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Can We Turn Back the War on Women?</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:13:34 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>By Ellen Shaffer</strong></p> <p>The Virginia woman's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0091009/photos/52665342@N04/6949956121/">hand-made sign</a> summed it up: “I Can't Believe I'm Still Having to Protest This Shit!” The pro-choice majority is astounded by the tidal wave of vitriolic attacks on reproductive health, rights, justice, and on women's dignity, that constitute the War on Women. These include legislative proposals mandating intrusive and humiliating vaginal ultrasounds with no therapeutic justification before permitting abortion; Rick Santorum's advice that rape victims should celebrate a resulting pregnancy as a blessing; and debates on covering contraception, which is used almost universally. Transforming outrage into decisive policy and political victories requires understanding what is coming at us (and why), and new approaches to seizing the initiative. </p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1397" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Prescription for Change: Sorry, But We Are Out of Aspirin…</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:47:18 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 12px; ">By Charlea T. Massion, MD & Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD</strong></p> <p>Here’s an all too common scenario in health care today: Dehydrated from a severe stomach flu, you’re admitted to a hospital. Your doctor wants to order medication to relieve your nausea and vomiting. A savvy user of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), she enters an order for prochlorperazine, a generic drug in use for over 30 years. The electronic response from the pharmacy is: “This product currently unavailable from the manufacturer.” So, your doctor orders another antiemetic, ondansetron, medication that became generic more recently. The same message returns from the pharmacy: “Unavailable…”</p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1396" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>G Spots and Sore Spots</h1> <p>shaniqua — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:29 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-newsletter-pub-title"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Women's Health Activist </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p><strong>G-Spots</strong></p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1395" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>A great reason to talk about women’s health this week</h1> <p>shaniqua — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:12:11 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author: </div> Cindy Pearson, Executive Director, National Women’s Health Network </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-blog-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Date: </div> <span class="date-display-single">Wed, May 16, 2012</span> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p>I’ve spent my whole adult life talking about women’s health. In fact, I started volunteering at a women’s clinic before I old enough to buy a drink, so I’ve been talking about women’s health since <em>before</em> I was adult. I can tell you anything you wanted to know – and more – about birth control, pregnancy, breast cancer, and any number of women’s health topics. </p> <p><a href="http://nwhn.org/2012/05/16/great-reason-talk-about-women%E2%80%99s-health-week" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>