Resources on Bodies and Self Esteem

12.  Goodbye Tampons: Why Menstrual Cups May Be the Future of Period Care – a racked.com article by Heather Schwedel (discussed in Episode 92 – Goodbye Tampons, Hello Menstrual Cups!)

11.  10 Things You Didn’t Know About His Penis – a Healthy Women article (discussed in Episode 82 – A Few Things You Didn’t Know About His Penis!)

10.  A Brief Chat With a Woman Who Made Yogurt From Her Vaginal Secretions – a Jezebel article by Mark Shrayber (discussed in Episode 70 – Let’s Not Be Squeamish About Our Vaginal Goo, Ya’ll)

9.  How to Make Breakfast With Your Vagina – a Motherboard article by Janet Jay (discussed in Episode 70 – Let’s Not Be Squeamish About Our Vaginal Goo, Ya’ll)

8. The Embarrassing Bodies website’s Breast Gallery – images of plenty of different kinds of boobs, all normal and beautiful (discussed in Episode 64 – What Do You Use his For?: Anatomy of the Boob)!

7.  The Embarrassing Bodies website’s Vulva Gallery – images of plenty of different kinds of vulvas, all normal and beautiful (discussed in Episode 44 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Vaginas and Vulvas)!

6.  Woman: An Intimate Geography – a fabulous and scientific book about what it means to be a woman and/or a female by Natalie Angier (discussed in Episode 47 – About our Woman’s Body: The Clitoris in All Its GloryEpisode 46 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Vaginas and CervixesEpisode 41 – About Your Woman’s Body: Your Genetically Rich X Chromosome!Episode 40 – About Your Woman’s Body: Your Perfect Eggs!, and Episode 35 – Crazy Myths About Vaginas and Women’s Bodies)

5.  13 Women Who Changed What It Meant to Be “Beautiful” in 2014 – an MSN article (discussed in Episode 31 – Inspired by Women Series: Beautiful, Diverse Women!)

4.  How Are Vaginas Supposed to Smell? – an original BlogHer post by Dr. Lissa Rankin

3.  Why I Want My Sons to See Me Naked – blog post by writer Rita Templeton (discussed in Episode 51 – Why Your Sons Should See You Naked)

2.  The Bodies of Mothers: A Beautiful Body Project – website, video, and book by photographer Jade Beall

1.  What 9 Months of Pregnancy Actually Does to a Woman’s Body – blog post written by Emma Mustich about Jade Beall’s The Bodies of Mothers: A Beautiful Body Project

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