NOW-NYC's Love Your Body Day

Held in 2010 on October 13 at 6:30pm, Love Your Body Day is a fun celebration of healthy body, mind, sex and soul. Join us in our countdown to this exciting event by following positive buzz in the media about women and their health, bodies, and sexuality!

Sex & Body Buzz

Health

WV County Now Offering HPV Vaccine to Boys

August 10, 2010
HPV Vaccine, which had previously only been available to females, is now being given to men ages 9-26 who may be suffering from genital warts. The increase of production in this vaccine promotes the well-being of males and their sexual health. Untreated HPV infection can lead to penial cancer or anal cancer in men. Read more...

Study Finds Condom Use is Increasing
May 26, 2010
Over the last decade, studies show that the use of the male condom has significantly increased in the United States. Teenage pregnancies are also much lower, with the rise of education about sex and contraceptives amongst youths.

Anorexia, Bulima Definitions Hinder Treatment, Study Says

Due to some of the more rigid definitions of eating disorders, men and women alike are more subsectible to different forms of the illness. "As many as 10 million women and 1 million men in the United States suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia, and bulimia." An additional 25 million suffer from eating disorders that are characterized by the previous.  

 

For Obese People, Prejudice in Plain Sight
With the rising concerns being placed on maintaing health and staying "fit", authorities are marginalizing the community of obese individuals throughout the United States. Because of this, many fear that this same dislike and hatred will be exerted on overweight youth as well. Read more...

Advertisements Promote Labial Surgery, British Researchers Find Faults
From Salon's Broadsheet, Kate Harding's article, "Your Vagina is Ugly," addresses the popularity of labial surgery, an operation meant to make women's genitals look younger and "more attractive." However, a British research group recently reported that cosmetic labioplasty is about as dangerous as female circumcision, and that "Advertisements promote labial surgery as easy answers to women's insecurities about their genital appearances -- insecurities that are fuelled by the very advertisements that prescribe a homogenised, pre-pubescent genital appearance standard for all women." The surgery, which restores women's vaginas to what has been described as a prepubescent 13-year-old's anatomy, has perfectly healthy women believing that their own adult bodies are inadequate. 

FDA Approves Gardasil For Boys 
October 16, 2009 
USA Today reports that the FDA has approved Gardasil for boys ages 9 through 26, a vaccine that has already been approved for women to block four strains of HPV, some of which can cause cervical cancer. While men are unlikely to experience symptoms or effects of HPV, though cancer is a possibility for both men and women, even men who experience no symptoms at all put women at risk. 6 million people are currently infected with HPV, most through sexual contact. Even with the men's Gardasil, however, protection is expensive (about $400 for the vaccine, even with private insurance), and many people are unaware of it.

What Went Wrong With Gardasil

New Female Condom Now Available

October 7, 2009
Approved by the FDA in March, the new female condom has officially hit U.S. markets.  In response to past compaints, the new version is made of a new, thinner, material, is less likely to squeak during use, and is about 30% cheaper than the original.

Female Health Co, the company that produces the condom, stated that that the condom "is an important development in efforts to deliver affordable access to woman-initiated HIV prevention in the United States and around the world."  The company hopes to win over the American market. Watch this video on demand and distribution and read more on the Feministing website.

Fashion 

Dolce & Gabanna Photoshops Madonna 20 Year Younger

MTV Twitter Jockey is 'Young, Fat & Fabulous
It's refreshing to see confidence and charisma in the fashion world that is promoting health and natural beauty, with a flair of style. Gabi, the founder of Young, Fat & Fabulous aims to do exactly that. Individuals, who may not be the fashion industries model size, take their turn to blog and promote style through their own venue. Gabi provides not only inspiration to others, but information about being fashion-forward regardless of society's pressures. Kudos to her and her efforts: Check out her blog here!

Where are Fashion's Gender Neutral Clothes?

Pink body suits or blue, or just stay neutral with green? That's probably the first question thought that comes to mind when deciding what that little bundle of joy will wear. While the fashion industries sells the colors of masculinity and feminitiy, there are new efforts to promote more gender neutral clothing. Not everyone is comfortable with either gender and it's important for the industries to realize this and create unisex clothing. Read more...

Transgender clothing is for "Ewoks"
May 19, 2010
Bill O'reilly had a slew of negative comments to propogate in regards to American Eagle's new gender neutra  l clothing policy. Prior to this amendment in the dress code, men were requested to wear male-fitted clothing and women were requested to wear female-fitted clothing. After pressures from Make the Road and the New York State Attorney General's office, American Eagle had reversed their stance. O'reilly, commenting on their statement, asking whether "people should be allowed to dress like Ewoks.".....

American Apparel Not Interested in Your Plus Size Dollars
Marketing has taken a turn for the worse, these days the promotion of thin sexy bodys is found in countless locations. But when a plus-size modeled asked to model for the American Apparel, they didn't see where there could be profit in selling the image of someone the company didnt cater to.