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I Was A Teenage Feminist…
Last semester, I reluctantly acknowledged that I was not a biology major. I did this after I had long ceased taking classes in the biology department that were required for the major and didn’t pique my interest. I didn’t think of myself as a non-Bio major, but I didn’t think of myself as a non-non [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2007 under Angier, E-Z Bake Oven, Natalie, National Institutes of Health, Woman: An Intimate Geography, biology, chemical, college, default, department, discrimination, education, english, equality, evolutionary, female, feminist, gender, gender bias, gender equality, genetic, genetics, hormone, institution, interdisciplinary, major, male, objective, objectivity, old boys, organismic, professor, reproduction, reproductive system, sociobiologists, sociobiology, sociology, student, syllabus, testes, women's health, zygote.
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On Bleeding for Seven Days Without Dying(Or Prince Charles)
As a little girl, I eagerly anticipated getting my period. But not as much as Prince Charles does. Dave Barry once wrote that “When Prince Charles speaks, everybody pretends to be fascinated, even though he has never said anything interesting except in that intercepted telephone conversation wherein he expressed the desire to be a feminine [...]
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under Anya, Aunt Flo, Dave Barry, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, HPV, Lybrel, Lysol, Mr. Burns, Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, Prince Charles, big business, birth control, bleach, bodies, cancer, cervix, chemical, corporate greed, dioxin, estrogen, feminine hygiene product, human papilloma virus, menstrual cup, menstrual period, menstrual sponge, menstruation, pad, period, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, pregnancy, safety, sex, sex education, sexual inequality, sexual pleasure, sexual responsibility, tampon, testosterone, the pill, women's health.
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