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more about #womenshealth ihateyourescalade: I think "nice person" is stretching it. more » JLady: The only fitness mag worth reading is Runner's World IMO. It's got great fitness advice (not just for runners), really good recipes, and interesting f... more » andromache: I bought a Women's Health last month and tried to read it at the gym. I flipped through it and then just left it there. If I wanted to read about pl... more » iloveastone: Women's Health has been pretty terrible for as long as I can remember. Lots of their "success" stories have oft included slightly chubby people losing... more » Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): Women's Health makes me feel awful about my body, much worse that Cosmo. At least with cosmo I don't care of expect to look like that, but I consider... more » _sottovoce: I completely agree. They actually used to write about health and fitness like the title proclaims and now every other article is filler about pleasing... more » tankearae: Wait: "In: eating licorice wrapped around your partner's penis (actual June 2009 sex tip)" Wait...really? REALLY? Did somebody try that? Were they g... more » whynotshesaid: All of this is exactly why I canceled my subscription. The final straw was a story about the marriage secrets of the Obamas. Hello? I want sports an... more » JillJitsu: this is why i read Hers:Muscle and Fitness. No ads for clothes, makeup, shoes, or sex tips. Yeah, there is body image wierdness, but its more like sup... more » alotlikelo: Now I know the licorice tip is comically awful, but nothing will ever beat Cosmo's advice of slip a donut on his junk and eat it off. That one will li... more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I came home from work yesterday and in was in the reading room *cough*the shitter*cough* and found that Mr. Vivelafat had taken a black magic marker a... more » nobodyr: I HATE WOMEN'S HEALTH. Men's health: Eat nutritious food. Women's health: Eat less food because you're a fat hog. Men's health: Burn fat to reveal mu... more » Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): True Story: I wrote an angry letter to Men's Health complaining about their sexist ad campaign. I never received a response, but a couple of months ... more » Alohamaid: And another one bites the dust. This used to be the only woman's magazine I could stand. Especially when I was in supah dupah shape and it had the b... more » Tequila Cinco: Same thing with this (and many other) month's Runners World. The cover reads like any other crappy ladymag. I used to love the mid-workout covers, b... more » MaeHemm: Ugh, can magazines please stop telling us to eat things off our boyfriends' penises (penii?) more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I thought the one on the right WAS Cosmo and you were doing a side by side. Then I read the titles and got really confused. more » GGobsessed: licorice? That has to be a joke. The writer must've laughed her ass off, all, "I can't believe I left that in." I mean, I BITE licorice. more » sympathyforthebasementcat: Why so sexist, government? more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: "Your mouth is fundamental against the fundamentalists." Is that right? My Spanish is a little iffy. more » -
#maghag
Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
Men's Health has remained constant, by recycling headlines, but younger sister Women's Health has been charting a whole new path: turning into Cosmo-lite. This happened for many of the same reasons that all women's fitness magazines are so lobotomized.
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#roevsworld
More Threats Emerge Against American Abortion Providers
A 70-year-old man was arrested in Spokane on Wednesday for making threats to the family of late-term abortion provider Warren Hern, subject of a recent Esquire profile. New protests by extreme anti-choice groups will take place in Nebraska this weekend. More » -
#mommymayhem
Women's Health Identifies Terrifying New Addiction: "Bumpaholism"
Because we don't have enough to worry about with health-care reform in jeopardy and crazies packing guns at Town Hall meetings, let's consider the pressing problem of "pregnancy addiction", or, as Women's Health likes to call it, bumpaholism. More » -
#clips
Woman's Extreme Vaginal Pain Misdiagnosed By 15 Doctors
Friday's 20/20 is about women who experience vaginal pain during sex, or even walking and sitting. There are several biological explanations, but in Good Morning America's preview at left, one woman says numerous doctors insisted her pain was just psychological. -
#terraincognita
Period Pregnancy And Other Women's Health Myths
It is possible to get pregnant on your period, but antibiotics don't deactivate birth control pills. Learn more about these and other "myths about women's bodies" in this slideshow. [LiveScience] -
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#missdiagnosis
Is Oprah's Women's Health Advisor A Misogynist?
According to PalMD, Oprah advisor Dr. Christiane Northrup's alternative ideas about women's health are actually misogynist. More » -
#thesoundofsilence
Hundreds Gather At Vigils For Dr. George Tiller
Last night, two candlelight vigils were held in Kansas for Dr. George Tiller, the ob/gyn who was shot to death on Sunday morning. About 400 gathered in Wichita at Old Town Square and more than 100 people gathered at a park in Lawrence for vigils to honor Tiller. More » -
#roevworld
Not Yet Rain: Ethiopian Women Struggle To Obtain Abortions
The new documentary Not Yet Rain explores how difficult it is for Ethiopian women to obtain safe abortions, even though the country has one of Africa's most progressive abortion laws. More » -
#thebigscreen
Pap Smears May Be Replaced By HPV Testing
A new study suggests that a single screening with a DNA test for HPV is more effective than all current methods of detecting cervical cancer. Some doctors say the easier test will replace Pap smears. More » -
#weightyissues
Overweight Women: To Be Celebrated? Or Shamed?
Two recent stories about "fuller figured" women come from completely different perspectives; one is fat-accepting, one is fat-shaming. More » -
#pillpopping
New Law Restores Affordable Birth Control For American Women
Yesterday, President Obama signed into law a new appropriations bill that will let college and community health centers sell birth control at extremely low prices once again. More » -
#thebigsleep
Women Who Nap Have Greater Risk of Dying
While previous research suggested napping is good for your health, new study found that older women who take naps every day were 44 percent more likely to die compared to women who did not nap. More » -
#glasshalffull
Study Finds Optimistic Women Live Longer
There's bad news today for pessimists, but they were already expecting that. According to a new study, women who are optimists live longer than those who are pessimistic. More » -
#talkthetalk
Just Asking
Question: Is it common to refer to OB/GYNs as "obie guy-neys" or is President Obama - seen talking about health care earlier this afternoon - simply engaging in his rumored Secret Black Person Code Language? -
#nothingbutheartache
Strained Marriages Hurt Women's Hearts
According to new research, women in bad marriages are more likely to have high blood pressure and other risk factors for heart disease. Interestingly, unhappy husbands did not show physiological damage to their health. More » -
#weightyissues
Objectionable Ideals
Force-feeding girls is making a comeback in Mauritania. According to Mint Ely, a women's rights campaigner: "In Mauritania, a woman's size indicates the amount of space she occupies in her husband's heart." [Guardian] -
#ladyparts
Doctors Debate What To Remove During Hysterectomies
Several new studies are challenging previously held beliefs about hysterectomies; specifically, some experts claim that removing the cervix and the ovaries could be detrimental to both a woman's health and her sex life. More »
