Congresswoman Maloney to Speak at HERS Hysterectomy Conference

Seeded on Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:20 PM EST (Female Anatomy Video, sex, orgasm, post-menopausal hysterectomy, uterus, video, hersfoundation.org)

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) will be the keynote speaker at the HERS Foundation's 28th hysterectomy conference April 23-24 in New York City. Other speakers will include Indiana Representative Bruce Borders.

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Sherrie Flick's new novel discussed in "Novel approach to a bakery central to Portsmouth, N.H."

Seeded on Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:03 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

"Reconsidering Happiness is a feast of love, lust, longing, loneliness, and home-made baked goods—but most of all it's a mouth-watering, yeasty feast of language.

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Informed Consent and The H Word

Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:59 AM EDT (Know Thy Health)

An interview with the author of The H Word: The diagnostic studies to evaluate symptoms, alternatives in treatment, and coping with the aftereffects of hysterectomy.

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A Page-turner About Hysterectomy

Seeded on Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:22 AM EDT (The WIP (Women's International Perspective)

Most women who are told they need a hysterectomy lack a basic understanding of the important lifelong functions of the uterus and ovaries, and the consequences of their removal. THE H WORD is everything you need to know about hysterectomy.

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U-tear-us Out hysterectomy art exhibition at HERS Gallery

Seeded on Wed May 20, 2009 1:44 PM EDT (Female Anatomy Video, sex, orgasm, post-menopausal hysterectomy, uterus, video, hersfoundation.org)

U-tear-us Out questions the commonality of hysterectomies in our country today through the use of sculpture and digital images. Through personal connection and bodily disconnection, it asks women to reconnect and respect their natural bodies.

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The H Word: What gynecology doesn't want you to know about 100 years of hysterectomy and female castration in America

Seeded on Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:35 PM EDT (Female Anatomy Video, sex, orgasm, post-menopausal hysterectomy, uterus, video, hersfoundation.org)

THE H WORD takes an unflinching look at the complex environment of hysterectomy, and those who enable it.

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Sanctioned Violence Against Women: "fraud in the inducement"

Seeded on Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:30 PM EDT (The WIP (Women's International Perspective))

What do you call it when someone deceptively lures another into danger? And if the deception involves telling a woman she'll be "better than ever" to lure her into being drugged and strapped down before cutting out her sex organs, what would you call that?

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