Volume 21, Issue 3: Summer 2019

About this Issue

Editor: Sara DiCaglio and Lori Beth De Hertogh
Cover Art: Meredith Spence

Special Issue Introduction

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Introduction to “Rhetorical Pasts, Rhetorical Futures: Reflecting on the Legacy of Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Future of Feminist Health Literacy”
Sara DiCaglio and Lori Beth De Hertogh, Guest Editors

Creative Response to Our Bodies, Ourselves

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Hard Labor
Lynn Z. Bloom
Tags: 21-3

The Legacy and Future of Our Body Ourselves

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The Feminist Work of Unsticking Shame: Affective Realignment in the 1973 Edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves
Heather Brook Adams
Tags: affect, feminist epistemologies, health literacy, historiography, shame

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Feminist Authorial Agency: Copyright and Collaboration in the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
Clancy Ratliff
Tags: agency, authorship, collaboration, collaborative writing, copyright, derivative works, feminist authorial, intellectual property, translation

Our Bodies, Ourselves in Clinical Context

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Rhetorically Framing the “Inside Woman”: Female Healthcare Workers across Editions of Our Bodies, Ourselves
Lillian Campbell
Tags: doctors, frame analysis, healthcare, women’s health movement

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Clinical Relationships and Feminist Values: How OBOS Benefits Collaborative Relationships in Women’s Health
Barry DeCoster and Wendy Parker
Tags: 21-3, agency, birth practices, circulation, clinical relationships, uptake, women’s health

Women's Health Literacy and Our Technological Future

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Tracing the Future Lineage for OBOS: Reproductive Health Applications as a Text for Feminist Rhetorical Inquiry
Maria Novotny and Les Hutchinson
Tags: care, feminist ethics, feminist rhetoric, FemTech, health, reproductive health applications

Health Information Sharing as Feminist Rhetorical Work: Rethinking Power, Individuality, and Simplicity in Women and Their Bodies¹
Sarah Singer
Tags: Chronic Lyme, health information sharing, Lyme disease, sharing economy, user-centered technology

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“Like regular underwear, but so much better.”: How Thinx Can Create Feminist Embodied Subjects through the Enduring Legacy of OBOS
Melissa Stone
Tags: 21-3, gender, menstruation, rhetoric, technology, wearables

Book Reviews

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“Like Regular Underwear, But So Much Better”: How Thinx Can Create Feminist Embodied Subjects through the Enduring Legacy of OBOS
Melissa Stone
Tags: gender, menstruation, rhetoric, technology, wearables

Response

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Response to “Rhetorical Pasts, Rhetorical Futures: Reflecting on the Legacy of Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Future of Feminist Health Literacy”
Susan Wells