Submitted October 5, 2007, 3:02 AM
What year did you first read Our Bodies, Ourselves?
Which edition did you read? [Women and Their Bodies, newsprint edition published by New England Free Press (1970); Our Bodies, Ourselves (1973, 1976); The New Our Bodies, Ourselves (1984, 1992); Our Bodies Ourselves for the New Century (1998); or a foreign translation or adaptation?]
How old were you at the time?
Who brought the book to your attention?
What had the biggest impact?
I don't remember specifically. It came to me right when I was discovering feminism and I can't separate this book from so many others. I remember being awed that this book even existed.
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Did you use the book as a resource to learn about particular issues of healthcare or sexuality? If so, in what areas?
I used this book to read about lesbianism. I had been in a relationship with a woman and when she told me she wanted me to be with her and her boyfriend, I ran screaming back into the closet for a year (and did a lot of drinking that year). I started looking at my sexuality again when I read that book.
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Did you ever seek medical treatment or advice from a feminist health clinic? If so, did your decision to do so have anything to do with reading Our Bodies, Ourselves?
Yes and yes. After I came out and then moved to a more open city than where I was from, I sought out feminist doctors.
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How did you get to this webpage? How did you find out about this study?
I found out about this study from the OBOS website. I went to the website because my friend Wendy Sandford had a story published in Narrative Magazine about early organizing of OBOS. I knew that she was involved in the beginning of OBOS but I had no idea to what extent.
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