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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our open house at Suffolk University this past week.

We loved getting to know you, building community, and sharing more about our work. From testing your OBOS trivia knowledge to taking on our website scavenger hunt, it was such a joy to spend time together.

We especially appreciated hearing about your experiences and how women and gender expansive people's health matters in our lives. Your stories and perspectives help us continue growing our resources to better meet the needs of our community.

Visit us at the new location of the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights! And keep your eyes peeled for details about our next open house in the spring. We hope to see you there!

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #FYP #Suffolkuniversity #openhouse #bostonevents #OBOSevents #womenshealth #health by @obostoday

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Breast Cancer Awareness month has long been associated with pink ribbons in mainstream culture. Yet there is an underlying systemic problem with pinkwashing. All too often, the same corporations, government leaders, and regulatory agencies that use pink ribbons to bring awareness to breast cancers produce, sell, and/or promote products containing chemicals linked to the disease.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Our Bodies Ourselves is calling for more than awareness. Following BCAction’s lead, we're calling for action to address the systemic factors that contribute to breast cancer and to hold institutions accountable.

Visit our website to learn more about pinkwashing and explore resources on breast cancer.

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #Breastcancer #breastcancerawareness #BreastCancerAction #FYP #womenshealth #health #cancer #epidemic by @obostoday

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What influences a person's risk of developing breast cancer? The answer is more complicated than any single risk factor. Genetics, age, environmental exposures, and social and structural conditions can all play a role. And yet many of these factors are beyond an individual's control.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Our Bodies Ourselves is drawing attention to the systemic changes needed to ultimately end this epidemic.

Visit our website to read the full article and explore more resources on breast cancer: www. ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/breast-cancer

What else would you like to know about breast cancer? Tell us in the comments.

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #Breastcancer #breastcancerawareness #FYP #womenshealth #health #cancer #epidemic by @obostoday

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Our Bodies Ourselves stands for THE RIGHT TO READ, and the right to know the facts about our own bodies, our own health, our own sexuality.

This Banned Books Week, we're taking a closer look at the forces behind censorship pressures.
The first person to post the right answer to each trivia question gets an Our Bodies Ourselves sticker and postcard.

Trivia Question # 5: According to the ALA, what percentage of book challenges today come from pressure groups, government officials, and decision makers (versus individual parents)?
- over 90%
- about half
- nearly 25%
- less than 5%

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #OBOSHistory #Trivia #bannedbooks #FYP by @obostoday

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Our Bodies Ourselves stands for THE RIGHT TO READ, and the right to know the facts about our own bodies, our own health, our own sexuality.

This Banned Books Week, we're sharing some fun facts about book censorship and how often it happens. The first person to post the right answer to each trivia question gets an Our Bodies Ourselves sticker and postcard.

Trivia Question # 4 True or false: The number of attempts to censor books in libraries in 2025 set a new record.

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #OBOSHistory #Trivia #bannedbooks #FYP by @obostoday

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Our current edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves covers topics from sexual health and reproduction to relationships, menopause, and more. But which topics have been singled out in attempts to censor the book?

In honor of Banned Books Week, we've added a digital exhibit, "Bans off our Book" to our website. And we're running a history trivia contest about censorship challenges to Our Bodies Ourselves. The first person to post the right answer to each trivia question gets an Our Bodies Ourselves sticker and postcard.

Trivia Question # 3: Attempts to censor Our Bodies, Ourselves have singled out the book’s content on:
- abortion
- homosexuality
- masturbation
- all of the above

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #OBOSHistory #Trivia #bannedbooks #FYP by @obostoday

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Our Bodies Ourselves is honored to carry forward the legacy of Breast Cancer Action (1990-2024). BCAction named the breast cancer epidemic as a public health crisis and social justice issue. Following their lead, we demand attention to the environmental causes, racism, and capitalist greed that shape the breast cancer epidemic.

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #Breastcancer #breastcancerawareness #FYP #womenshealth #health #cancer #epidemic by @obostoday

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Our Bodies Ourselves stands in solidarity with @jane.doe.inc and @massnow in demanding justice for all survivors.

We will continue the fight to end gender-based and sexual violence and to build a world where survivors are heard, believed, and supported.

Join us on October 8 as we come together in support of Cornell’s Jane Doe and survivors everywhere. Stand with survivors. Demand justice.

📅 Date: Thursday, Oct 8
🕖 Time: 6-8pm
📍Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common

#OBOS #Ourbodiesourselves #Survivorresource #survivorsfindhelp #Iamjanedoe #MAsurvivors #BelieveSurvivors #EndSexualViolence #EndGenderBasedViolence taken in Boston Common by @obostoday

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Our Bodies Ourselves stands for THE RIGHT TO READ, and the right to know the facts about our own bodies, our own health, our own sexuality.

In honor of Banned Books Week, we've added a digital exhibit, "Bans off our Book" to our website. And we're running a history trivia contest about censorship challenges to Our Bodies Ourselves. The first person to post the right answer to each question gets an Our Bodies Ourselves sticker and postcard.

Trivia Question # 2: How did Our Bodies Ourselves respond to censorship efforts?
- ignored the haters
- sued in court
- publicized doctors’ letters of endorsement
- paused work on new editions

#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #OBOSHistory #Trivia #bannedbooks #FYP by @obostoday

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Our Bodies Ourselves stands for THE RIGHT TO READ, and the right to know the facts about our own bodies, our own health, our own sexuality.

In honor of Banned Books Week, we've added a digital exhibit, "Bans off our Book" to our website. And we're running a history trivia contest about censorship challenges to Our Bodies Ourselves. The first person to post the right answer to each question gets an Our Bodies Ourselves sticker.

Trivia Question # 1: During which decade were there the most intense attempts to ban the book Our Bodies, Ourselves?
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #OBOSHistory #Trivia #bannedbooks #FYP by @obostoday

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Maddie Lam is the Content Writer and Multimedia Specialist for Our Bodies Ourselves at Suffolk University. Previously, she served as the Social Media Communications Coordinator at Eskolta, an educational nonprofit focused on advancing social change.

She is excited to bring her creative, culturally grounded, and body-informed perspective to Our Bodies Ourselves’ legacy of intersectional feminist health education and to help carry that work forward for future generations of women and gender-expansive people. Visit OurBodiesOurselves.org/who-we-are to read the full bio.

#OBOS #ourbodiesourselves #fyp #growingteam #staff #nonprofit #OBOSlegacy by @obostoday

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Get ready for these key dates in October, connected to the health and sexuality of women and gender-expansive people. How will you engage with these days?

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness (DVAM) Month
Health Literacy Month

10/8: Cornell Jane Doe Solidarity Rally 6-8pm at Boston Commons
10/9: Ageism Awareness Day
10/10: World Mental Health Day
10/11: International Day of the Girl
10/11: National Coming Out Day
10/15: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Rememberance Day
10/18: World Menopause Day
10/21: International Pronouns Day
10/25 to 10/31: Ace Week
10/26: Intersex Awareness Day
10/28: Screening of Birth Wars at Harvard
#OBOS #OurBodiesOurselves #OctoberHighlights #DVAM26
#PronounsDay by @obostoday

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