ALT A blue background with darker blue in the top ¾ and lighter at the bottom. To the left is half a pink analog clock. At the top in purple are the words: “from our Stories & Conversations.” Centered next to the clock is the following in black: “Your hormones go crazy, and your body’s doing things you don’t understand. It just feels very out of control. Like, I don’t understand what’s happening with my body, and I don’t understand how to make myself feel better. Then on top of that to turn to the experts and the experts being like, ‘Meh, we don’t know that much either.’It’s just madness! Half the population goes through this. It’s infuriating. When I’m having a hard time with it, I keep trying to remember that this isn’t just some sad thing that is randomly happening to me, but that, actually, this is a systemic situation.”” At the bottom is the colorful OBOS Today logo.

ALT A blue background with darker blue in the top ¾ and lighter at the bottom. To the left is half a pink analog clock. At the top in purple are the words: “from our Stories & Conversations.” Centered next to the clock is the following in black: ““The reason I’m really struggling with this is in part biological, but also is systemic, because if this is a thing that happened to men, there’d be a cabinet secretary in charge of dealing with it. Right?We’re all just left to our own devices, and I’m trying to figure out how to live my life with all this stuff. It’s so gendered, it’s so systemic, and it makes me angry. And for me, it makes me feel better to feel angry than just sad and helpless.”” At the bottom is the colorful OBOS Today logo.

ALT A light pink background with small white dots. At the top is the white OBOS Today logo with “Human Papillomavirus (HPV)” written underneath in black. To the left is a silhouette of a person holding a black circle with little pink flowers on it. They have pink hair and pink circles around their face. To the left in white are the words: “What Is HPV?” Below is a white circle with the following text in black: “Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). Over 50% of sexually active people will get at least one HPV infection in their lifetime.”

ALT A light pink background with small white dots. At the top is the white OBOS Today logo with “Human Papillomavirus (HPV)” written underneath in black. To the left is a silhouette of a person holding a black circle with little pink flowers on it. They have pink hair and pink circles around their face. To the left in white are the words: “HPV Symptoms.” Below is a white circle with the following text in black: “You may not see or feel any symptoms of HPV. Types 6 and 11 show in the form of genital warts. There are ‘high-risk’ types, such as 16 and 18, that may not have symptoms but can lead to cervical cancer.”

ALT A light pink background with small white dots. At the top is the white OBOS Today logo with “Human Papillomavirus (HPV)” written underneath in black. To the left is a silhouette of a person holding a black circle with little pink flowers on it. They have pink hair and pink circles around their face. To the left in white are the words: “HPV Transmission.” Below is a white circle with the following text in black: “You can get HPV from intimate sexual contact, which includes penetrative sex and any form of skin-to-skin sex play when your vulva, vagina, cervix, penis or anus touches someone else’s genitals, mouth, or throat.”

ALT A light pink background with small white dots. At the top is the white OBOS Today logo with “Human Papillomavirus (HPV)” written underneath in black. To the left is a silhouette of a person holding a black circle with little pink flowers on it. They have pink hair and pink circles around their face. To the left in white are the words: “HPV Prevention & Testing.” Below is a white circle with the following text in black: “To prevent HPV transmission, get the HPV vaccine and practice safer sex. If you have female reproductive organs, you are tested for HPV when you get a pap smear.”

ALT An icy blue background with the words "January: Monthly Highlights” at the top. There are 2 rows of pink, magenta, and purple sticky notes with the following dates written in white: "22: Anniversary of Roe v. Wade," "24: International Day of Education," "Cervix Health Awareness Month," "Stalking Awareness Month," "Birth Defects Awareness Month," and "Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month."

ALT A blue to purple to pink gradient background with white border. At the top is the OBOS Today logo with the following question underneath in white: “How will you embody your sexuality?”

ALT An orange to yellow gradient background with white border. At the top is the OBOS Today logo with the following question underneath in white: “How will you advocate for your health?”

ALT A purple gradient background with white border. At the top is the OBOS Today logo with the following question underneath in white: “How will you fight for abortion rights this year?”

ALT A red orange gradient background with white border. At the top is the OBOS Today logo with the following question underneath in white: “What will you do for reproductive justice this year?”

ALT A screenshot of the top portion of the newsletter. Above the screenshot is an orange box outlined in white with the following words in white: “Our December Newsletter is Out! Subscribe today and check it out!”

ALT An image of Loretta Ross and Norma Swenson: Norma is wearing a pink dress and ross is wearing a black and gold dress with a gold headband

ALT A magenta background. At the top in white the question: “How has ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ impacted you?” Centered is a speech bubble outlined in navy that reads in navy text: “When thinking of the most important books in my life, “Our Bodies, Ourselves” is right up there. It was part of the evolution that led me to produce & host women’s talk shows on SF radio in the 70’s and 80’s. How we were never able to pass the ERA remains a travesty.” ~JG”

ALT A white notebook on a white table next to a white ink pen. The cover is visible, and it has rainbow glitter. At the top is the purple OBOS Today logo next to the words “2023 Year in Review” in blue. Underneath and centered at the top in orange: “Our Bodies Ourselves Today News. Underneath is the following in blue: “Dr. Saniya Lee Ghanoui (Leadership Council): Saniya was a Visiting Scholar in History at the University of Agder in Norway. She gave two solo lectures, one on digital history and one on her current book project, and a group presentation with menstrual scholars in the Nordics. Her Menstrual Studies in Scandinavia team is beginning work on an edited book collection. Dr. Noelle Spencer (Content Expert): In August 2023, Noelle earned her PhD in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. She was also elected to the Board of Directors of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.”

ALT A white notebook on a white table next to a white ink pen. The cover is visible, and it has rainbow glitter. At the top is the purple OBOS Today logo next to the words “2023 Year in Review” in blue. Underneath and centered at the top in orange: “Our Bodies Ourselves Today News. Underneath is the following in blue: “Bianca Palmisano (Content Expert): Bianca recently passed her SANE-A Certification exam, which is an internationally recognized certification for sexual assault nurse examiners. Kim L. Hunt (Content Expert): Kim became the Executive Director at Pride Action Tank and Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Special Projects & Innovation at AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Sabia Wade (Content Expert): Sabia was the 2023 keynote speaker for the National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium. Also, her nonprofit, For the Village, received the following grants: the CalAim Incentive Payment Program, SisterSong - Community Power Building Grant, and The San Diego County Doula Pilot Program

ALT Two slightly overlapping images of the book covers of the Arabic and Hebrew language adaptations of Our Bodies Ourselves. A caption in the upper right reads “Women and their Bodies in Arabic and Hebrew.” At the bottom is the logo of Our Bodies Ourselves Today at Suffolk University.

ALT A red orange and light orange background. At the top is the colorful OBOS Today logo next to the words “2023 Year in Review” in purple. Underneath in midnight blue: “Our Bodies Ourselves Today News.” Below the news announcement in purple: “Welcome Our New Content Experts!” In midnight blue and centered was the following text: “Nadeeka Karunaratne, Gender-Based Violence Chair; Dior Vargas, Mental Health Chair; Athena Huang, Heart Health; Ashley Greiner, Heart Health; Carole Kounga, Heart Health; Donna Castelblanco, Mental Health; Dr. Cris Alonso, Pregnancy and Childbirth; Nakisha Floyd, Sexuality; Scout Bratt, Sexuality”

ALT An orange background. In the bottom left corner is the OBOS Today logo. Centered is a red orange paint swipe in white on top is the following text: “Period Stigma & lack of knowledge.” At the top are two speech bubbles with another speech bubble at the bottom: In the speech bubbles are the following words in purple: “Only nasty women have accidents on their period;” “I thought you had to take your tampon out to pee;” and “Could you reschedule your period so it doesn’t land on my birthday?”

ALT An orange background. Framed in purple and blue is a zine cover. At the top of the cover are the words “Tips on How to Fight Menstrual Stigma with researcher Inga Winkler” To the left is a cartoon image of a woman with a bun in a peach shirt and light blue blazer. Below her face is a pad with blood on it. To the right of the cover is the following text in purple: “ “We just need to get to the point of normalizing them and making it part of what we consider important in society.” - Dr. Inga Winkler”

ALT A light green background with a stack of newspapers to the right. On the left at the top in purple are the words “2023 Year in Review.” Underneath in bold and black are the words: “In the News: A Snapshot of Life after the Overturning of Roe.” In smaller text in black is the following: “Ohio: In November, a judge decided that a 33-year-old Black woman who miscarried into a toilet at 22 weeks will face a grand jury after being charged with attempted abuse of a corpse. Texas: This month, Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother who is 20 weeks pregnant filed a lawsuit to end a pregnancy under medical exemption because of a fatal rare genetic condition, trisomy 18. She has since left the state for an abortion, rather than wait for a court order. Kentucky: Last week, a pregnant woman who was eight weeks pregnant when she filed a class action lawsuit seeking an abortion, learned that her embryo has no cardiac activity.”

ALT A purple and red-orange gradient background. At the top in white and bold are the words: “Meet Our New Mental Health Chair.” To the left is a photo of Dior in a pink blazer & white top sitting on a blue couch. To the right is the following text in white: “Dior Vargas, MPH is a mental health activist with over ten years of experience in advocacy. She works with universities and corporations to discuss self-care advocacy, wellness accessibility, and diversity within mental health. She is the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of BIPOC in the media representation of mental illness.Every few years, I do something that challenges me and this year, I completed my first marathon! The NYC marathon in November.”