The V Word

Lady bit talks by lady docs. Two badass gynecologists tackling relevant women's health and reproductive policy issues. Vagina, vagina, vagina. DISCLAIMER: This show is not meant to substitute actual medical advice.

Whitney Cummings & The Vaginal Ring 08/13/2021

Whitney Cummings & The Vaginal Ring In this episode of In Their Shoes, Dr. Jenn talks with, hands down, one of the funniest comedians you'll ever hear, Whitney Cummings, about her campaign with Annovera birth control, called, "Just Say Vagina."That's right, they made a campaign - about vaginas - it's like they were seeing directly into our souls and channeling all this vagtastic energy we've been cultivating over here on the pod. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/20138039

ITS: Fidji Simo 04/13/2021

ITS: Fidji Simo In this special episode of In Their Shoes, Dr. Jenn and Executive Producer, Beth Bonilla, interview Fidji Sumo, Vice President and Head of Facebook App, as she talks about building a stronger kind of leadership through chronic, often stigmatized health conditions. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/18703877

COVID Vaccines In Pregnancy & Lactation 04/08/2021

COVID Vaccines In Pregnancy & Lactation It's a long awaited episode: COVID vaccines in pregnancy & lactation, and why Dr. Jenn & Dr. Erica 100% support you getting that vax! We'll dive deep into everything we know and don't know so far, and even bring in some patriarchy-infused history (like we do) about why pregnant and lactating people were actively excluded from the trials. Here. We. Go. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/18658175

Repro Rights & The Election 10/25/2020

Repro Rights & The Election There are just DAYS left until the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and we want to be 100% crystal clear that there is only one correct way to vote if you care about reproductive health, which is connected to literally EVERYTHING. Listen in as we re-cap all the ways every single issue on the ballot comes back to reproductive health & reproductive justice. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/16540259

Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL 08/10/2020

Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL In this episode, Dr. Jenn & Executive Producer, Beth Bonilla, talk with NARAL Pro-Choice America President, Ilyse Hogue, about anti-choice politicians’ ongoing efforts to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic in order to restrict reproductive healthcare and ban abortion. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/15546272

In Their Shoes: Francine Coeytaux 07/13/2020

In Their Shoes: Francine Coeytaux is a GIANT in the field of reproductive health- there's no easier way to say that. Among other things, she's the Co-Creator and Co-Director of --an organization of veteran reproductive health advocates, researchers, and modern age digital strategists who are all working towards the common goal of making medication abortion available to the people who need it most. Now more than ever, amidst a global pandemic, is a plan to curtail limited access to Plan A (birth control), Plan B (emergency contraception), and in-office abortion care. As millions of women all over the world have shown through countless studies, self-managed abortion with the relatively newer technology of abortion medications, is incredibly safe and effective. STUDY references in episode: Raymond E et al., TelAbortion: evaluation of a direct to patient telemedicine abortion service in the United States, Contraception, 2019, 100(3):173–177, . /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/15152726

AALD: COVID & Maternal Mental Health w/ Dr. Pooja Lakshmin 07/06/2020

AALD: COVID & Maternal Mental Health w/ Dr. Pooja Lakshmin In the midst of a global pandemic, we MUST support and uplift pregnant, postpartum, and parenting folks. Producer Aysha Choudhary sits down with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, a board-certified psychiatrist and freelance writer specializing in women's mental health and perinatal psychiatry. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/15069803

Ariana & Abortion Bans 06/29/2020

Ariana & Abortion Bans The Supreme Court has likely already announced its decision re: June Medical Services v. Russo by the time you're listening to this, and the horrific implications of a loss are heart-stopping. To help you realize the real implications that laws like these have on women and families, here is Ariana telling her truth: what happened when, in the midst of receiving news of her baby's deadly condition, anti-abortion legislators obstructed medical care. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/15003347

COVID and Breast Screening with Dr. Anjali Malik 06/22/2020

COVID and Breast Screening with Dr. Anjali Malik This week we talked with Dr. Anjali Malik who is a breast imaging radiologist in Washington DC about Covid's impact on screening and how to navigate moving forward. Dr. Malik serves a Medical Advisor for Bright Pink--an organization that educates and empowers young women on their breast and ovarian health. Executive Producer, Bethney Bonilla, has this interview. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14903756

Reproductive Justice with Dr. Jamila Perritt 06/19/2020

Reproductive Justice with Dr. Jamila Perritt We challenge you to think about what's happening in the world through a #ReproductiveJustice framework. Dr. Jamila Perritt talks to us about how using an RJ lens is crucial to understanding world events as the human rights issues they are. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14882900

The Speculum 05/25/2020

The Speculum It's that thing that goes in your vagina to do your pap smear, check for infections, put in your IUD, monitor bleeding, and everything else in gynecology: your friend, the speculum! Cold, metal (sometimes plastic), rachety, pinchy... you know the drill. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14542127

Postpartum Psychosis 05/18/2020

Postpartum Psychosis In this episode, we break down what exactly is postpartum psychosis, who is most likely to be affected, and how to get help. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14448170

AALD: Telemedicine for Menopause with Dr. Leslie Meserve 05/11/2020

AALD: Telemedicine for Menopause with Dr. Leslie Meserve Listen in to hear how telemedicine is changing menopause care & how you can easily access board-certified midlife health experts, and, if necessary, also receive FDA-approved hormone replacement therapy medications through CurieMD. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14334332

COVID-19 & Abortion 05/04/2020

COVID-19 & Abortion Abortion care is time-sensitive essential health care. Even just a few days can make a difference in what options are available - and even if the option is available at all. A global pandemic is not the time to push a political agenda that interferes with people’s lives and rights. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14229488

AALD: Menopause with Dr. Amy Voedisch 04/27/2020

AALD: Menopause with Dr. Amy Voedisch In this episode of Ask A Lady Doc, we talk with Dr. Amy Voedisch, who specializes in family planning and menopause care at Stanford University, about all the ins and outs of mid-life women's healthcare. This is a no-nonsense, tell me every single thing I need to know about what perimenopause and menopause look like kind of episode with one of our favorite lady docs of all times. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14118506

Climate Change & Womens Health 04/20/2020

Climate Change & Womens Health In so many ways, climate change disproportionately affects women's health, from increased exposures to heat, poor air quality, extreme weather events, altered vector-borne disease transmission, reduced water quality, and decreased food security. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/14016881

COVID-19 & Pregnancy 04/15/2020

COVID-19 & Pregnancy Let's be honest, this is a scary time to be pregnant, but despite the uncertainty of unprecedented times and a global pandemic, people everywhere are starting and building families, bravely. Here is everything you need to know about pregnancy and COVID-19, regardless if you're about to deliver or are considering when to start trying to conceive. Dr. Jenn & Dr. Erica go through everything we know and don't know so far in this first installment of our COVID-19 special coverage. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/13995227

In Their Shoes: False Paternity, PART 2 02/09/2020

In Their Shoes: False Paternity, PART 2 This is PART 2 of a special two-part In Their Shoes episode about donor conceived individuals in the age of commercially available genetic testing. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/13072931

In Their Shoes: False Paternity, PART I 01/20/2020

In Their Shoes: False Paternity, PART I This is PART 1 of a special two-part In Their Shoes episode about donor conceived individuals in the age of commercially available genetic testing. This is the idea that, for example, the parent you thought was your parent your whole life, is in fact not your biological relative. In this day and age, where genetic testing through companies like Ancestry and 23 & Me is so readily available, it is becoming more and more common to hear stories about people finding relatives they never knew they had. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/12806723

Cesarean Sections 01/09/2020

Cesarean Sections Here's your C-section primer on all things surgical delivery: why people have them, why they don't have them, and some detailed personal stories from women who've experienced them firsthand. Dr. Jenn & Dr. Erica cover it all, including how to address unnecessary stigma and guilt. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/12681242

In Their Shoes: Cleo Stiller 12/13/2019

In Their Shoes: Cleo Stiller Cleo Stiller is a Peabody and Emmy Award Nominated reporter and author. Her first book, Modern Manhood: Conversations About the Complicated World of Being a Good Man Today, is already #1 on the Amazon Book List and it's no surprise. Her book /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/12387632

Hymens 11/11/2019

Hymens Hymens: a vestigial skin tag that has absolutely nothing to do with virginity or a female bodied person's worth, yet somehow (this week especially) we continue to ruminate on their meaning. The doctors dive into recent news of rapper T.I.'s reported "virginity testing" & accompanying his daughter to the gynecologist to ensure her purity with this made up medical test. Here's everything you need to know about hymens and the repulsive idea of a "virginity test." /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/11981990

Mammograms 10/19/2019

Mammograms It's breast cancer awareness month & the perfect time to start being more aware of your own breasts. The docs talk all about normal and not normal when it comes to breast exams, and everything you need to know about mammogram screening. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/11705558

Period Poverty 10/11/2019

Period Poverty Not all periods are created equally and on this upcoming National Period Day, 2019, we're focusing our lens of de-stigmitization on the more recently acknowledged concept of Period Poverty. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/11609489

Ask A Lady Doc: Sexual Assault on Campus w/ Dr. Jessi Gold 09/10/2019

Ask A Lady Doc: Sexual Assault on Campus w/ Dr. Jessi Gold Dr. Jessi Gold is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Dept of Psychiatry at Wash Univ in St Louis School of Medicine who specializes in college mental health. She writes regularly in the popular press about mental health and stigma, and with this a new academic school year starting, we reached out to her to talk about something that happens a lot more often than we like to admit on college campuses all around the country: sexual assault. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/11191415

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 08/20/2019

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease PID, or pelvic inflammatory disease, is just what it sounds like: a nasty infection of all your lady bits all at once essentially (the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries...). /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/10925343

In Their Shoes: Shannon Watts 08/16/2019

In Their Shoes: Shannon Watts There have been at least 17 deadly mass shootings in the US so far in 2019. In epidemiological terms, that’s a public health crisis. Today we speak with Shannon Watts, the Founder of Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that protect people from gun violence. She started the organization the day after the Sandy Hook tragedy, with a Facebook group and the message that all Americans can and should do more to reduce gun violence. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/10899721

Pap Smears + HPV 07/29/2019

Pap Smears + HPV What even IS a pap smear and where does HPV come into the picture? Listen in for a basic run-down of cervical cancer screening 101 (i.e. Pap smears) + Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) testing. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/10697477

In Their Shoes: Antonia Michaels 07/22/2019

In Their Shoes: Antonia Michaels Antonia Michaels is the host of The Wine Down podcast and the Founder of Mommy Matters, an online community of mothers supporting one another through their journey. She created the blog, podcast, and connect groups to help others build their tribe and become the best version of themselves. Dr. Erica interviews her about her own personal reproductive health journey and why she created her Mommy empire. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/10613558

Fibroids 07/18/2019

Fibroids Everyone and their mom has fibroids, but we still push this issue under the rug like it's shameful. Why? The medical field has long stigmatized heavy bleeding and pain, especially for women of color. Dr. Jenn & Dr. Erica break down all the basics and talk with special guest, Dr. Erica Marsh, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Michigan. /episode/index/show/vwordpod/id/10578170

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