Ironically, this point was actually made by Lynn Enright in The Independent in 2019: 'Using the words vulva and vagina interchangeably isn’t a harmless linguistic quirk: it’s actually a technique for diminishing a woman’s sexual agency.'

theguardian.com/commentisfree/… cc Laura Dodsworth

I don't mean to vulvasplain, I swear!

But if the goal is to show that we are finally beginning to understand body parts that have long been misunderstood, we need to be mindful about not perpetuating the same mistakes that have helped keep this anatomy so obscure.

Dear The Independent, this article refers to the clitoris as 'the pleasure centre of the vagina.'

I think it's important to remember that the clitoris is considered part of the vulva (the outer female genitalia), not the vagina (the muscular tube that leads to the cervix).

Learning more about the vagina, clitoris, and uterus isn’t just a women’s issue, explains science journalist Rachel E. Gross. “It’s a human health issue”. More on what’s left to be discovered about these under-researched organs: bit.ly/3gYzRmd

✨ Sabrina Imbler's book has already changed my life; I hope you let it change yours, too ✨

PS. Preorder here! bookshop.org/p/books/how-fa…

🚨UNMISSABLE EVENT🚨

It is my unending & undulating joy to join Sabrina Imbler for the launch of their transformative book, How Far the Light Reaches.

This book will reverberate to the ocean floor and beyond. DO NOT sleep on it! 🫧🐙🫧

Grateful for this thoughtful interview, and the wonderful storytelling and voice-weaving that Molly Bentley and her team do at Big Picture Science!

cc Prof Linda Gay Griffith AAHM Nursing Clio #womeninSTEM #BlackHistory

🪄leaving this site for a week, see you on the other side if it hasn't imploded by then🪄

OMFG ALL MY FRIENDS IN ONE PLACE 👯👯

.Rachel E. Gross, author of VAGINA OBSCURA, joined Ali Rogin and Rachel S. Rubin, MD to discuss why women's sexual health has long been understudied—and how that's changing.

Read VAGINA OBSCURA:
wwnorton.com/books/Vagina-O…

Listen to the PBS NewsHour conversation:
pbs.org/newshour/show/…

🧵On the clitoris. A body part that, throughout history, has been “discovered,” dismissed and forgotten about and then re-”discovered” by (mostly male) doctors from Hippocrates on. This is what it looks like:

“There are a lot of clitorises in the world”—and all of them deserve to be taken seriously, says Rachel S. Rubin, MD.

I’m thrilled we could have this important conversation on a show as trusted as PBS NewsHour.

Thank you PBS for prioritizing female (and human!) health & pleasure:

I have one, half the world has one. I thought I was pretty well-informed about the clitoris. But I still learned a ton about the questions I need to be ready to ask my doctors from this NYT article by Rachel E. Gross
nytimes.com/2022/10/17/hea…

Airing TONIGHT on @newshour. Grateful to be able to discuss such a *sensitive* issue on the air. It’s so important and not discussed nearly enough. You might have seen Rachel E. Gross’ fantastic piece on the clitoris in the NYT last week. This convo picks up where that left off.

Let's make clitstory, PBS NewsHour 🎉

The oft-cited claim that there are more than 8,000 #nerveendings in the #clitoris comes from a 1976 book, in reference to a study of cows.

No one had fact-checked that claim in humans -- until now.🧵 #SexMed22

medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverag… Sophie Putka

brb, tattooing “10,281” on my left butt cheek