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Title: Pills won't fix problems in the bedroom, says critic of big pharma
Date: 6/22/2010
Description: Overview of the new view nonmedical approach to sexual problems using "dancing vs. digestion" contrast.
Author: Nancy J White
Source: Toronto Star
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Title: First the Drug then the Disorder
Date: 6/19/2010
Description: An editorial on the medicalization and disease mongering of sex in one of the major news outlets in the country!! An amazing affirmation of the impact of the New View Campaign following the defeat of flibanserin at the FDA.
Author: Editorial
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Title: FDA Panel Votes Down Libido-Boosting Drug for Women
Date: 6/18/2010
Description: Typical serious coverage of the FDA hearing that rejected flibanserin. Includes some of the data and quotes from panel members. But still very much within the medical model.
Author: Emily Walker
Source: Med Page Today
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Title: Push to Market Pill Stirs Debate on Sexual Desire
Date: 6/17/2010
Description: FRONT PAGE article in the New York Times, with photo of Leonore Tiefer, describing the pre-launch marketing campaign for flibanserin, the neurotransmitter drug for low desire made by German pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim.
Author: Duff Wilson
Source: New York Times
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Title: The race to discover Viagra for women
Date: 4/25/2010
Description: Feature story in major newsmagazine article in UK. Overview of FSD and pharma situation, mostly focused on filmmaker Liz Canner and Journalist Ray Moynihan. Brings situation up to date. Emphasizes antimedicalization position.
Author: Polly Vernon
Source: The Observer
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Title: Female sexual dysfunction: biological affliction or social problem
Date: 4/8/2010
Description: Good college newspaper article about FSD and the New View campaign. The journalist really did some homework getting a lot of quotes!
Author: Cathleen Finlay
Source: The Ontarion: University of Guelph's Student Newspaper
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Title: Sexed Up: An Interview with Leonore Tiefer
Date: 3/19/2010
Description: Brief but accurate overview of New View Campaign
Author: Holly Grigg-Spall
Source: BITCH magazine
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Title: Australia TV program on Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery
Date: 3/2/2010
Description: The entire program cannot be viewed outside Australia but there is a seven minute you tube excerpt (see link) that gives the crucial argument and amazing footage. The Hungry Beast webpage http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/la biaplasty has additional material and many informative comments.
Source: Hungry Beast
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Title: Cosmetic Vaginal Surgeons Clueless
Date: 2/24/2010
Description: Revealing report on first Global Symposium on Cosmetic Vaginal Surgery (Florida, January, 2010). Also available on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/angela- bonavoglia/cosmetic-vaginal- surgeons_b_475929.html
Author: Angela Bonavoglia
Source: Women's Media Center
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Title: Vulvagraphics video
Date: 2/7/2010
Description: A 5 minute YouTube video of the October 2009 New View Campaign art-activism event. See http://newviewcampaign.org/vulvagraphics. asp for the full report, links to artists etc.
Author: Tierney Bryce, filmmaker
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Title: Women's Fliberation
Date: 1/27/2010
Description: Good critical discussion of new FSD drug Flibanserin.
Author: Tania Rabesandratana
Source: Inkling magazine
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Title: Health: The Pleasure Principle
Date: 1/12/2010
Description: Interview with Liz Canner about "Orgasm, Inc." reviewing FSD situation.
Author: Megan Conway
Source: Vogue magazine (February print edition)
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