This short post is a summary of a full blog post you can read on my new Substack blog: The Vajenda. This is the 2nd of 3 short summaries I will send out while followers of this space sign up for the new blog. After that, I will stop posting blogs on this site, although other information …
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My Blog has moved
Times are changing, and to keep up with the times, I have started a new blog called, The Vajenda, http://www.thevajenda.com, with a new look and lots of great new content. So if you are interested in following me and my lasso of truth, please join the conversation and learn more about my new Substack blog.
Sorry Gwyneth Paltrow, a lot of products and therapies offered on GOOP are pseudoscience
Gwyneth Paltrow was recently interviewed by the BBC about GOOP’s British invasion. She was asked about the criticisms of a “Canadian Gynecologist” and about much of GOOP’s products and health advice being categorized as pseudoscience. I am not the only person to suggest there are a variety of dubious and unsupported medical recommendations and therapies …
I reviewed all 161 of GOOP’s wellness products for pseudoscience. Here’s what I found.
Abstract Objective: To identify evidence that Gwyneth Paltrow is correct in her statement that the website GOOP does not sell pseudoscience. Materials and Methods: A search of the products sold on GOOP.com in the wellness section. Results: Biologically implausible therapies and ill-researched products were identified. The majority of health products (90%) could not be supported …
It’s time to winterize your vagina
I know you have all just put your decorative gourd attachments on your vibrators, sugared yourself with a candied ball of maple syrup and sweet potato, and spruced up your lady cornucopia with a pumpkin spice douche, but according to the Daily Mirror the Ice Queen cometh and she’s a cruel mistress. It’s winter vagina time, …
“Hot pants! DIY Gynecology” is a Hot Mess
A few weeks ago someone suggested I take a look at the book Hot Pants! Do It Yourself Gynecology and Herbal Remedies. After reading all 95 pages a more apt title would be From Camelot to the Clap, Ancient Gynecology for a Modern Woman. A Herbalist and a Radio Activist turn Fables into Feminism. Because that, …
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I fact checked Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOPY tampon claims. They’re a hot mess.
Gwyneth Paltrow and GOOP are hiring a fact checker because they couldn’t Word Salad their way into a publishing agreement with Condé Nast. Sigh. It is troubling that Paltrow finds medical facts tiresome and old school (per her profile in the New York Times Magazine) and yet wants to help women find good information about health. …
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Dear Science, Thank You.
Dear Science, Today my sons, Oliver and Victor, are 15 years old. It is not a miracle, it is thanks to you. Unable to get pregnant I needed infertility therapy. If you had not isolated the hormones, developed tests, and then designed medications for ovarian stimulation and to trigger ovulation I would never have become …
Dr. Oz removes warning about “fake” psychics being from “places like Romania”
Using someone’s nationality as a reason they may be untrustworthy is not acceptable. It’s worse when this idea is promoted by a physician, especially one who has the ear of the President. Yesterday I posted about Dr. Oz devoting time to distinguishing between “real” and “fake” psychics. I know. I’m running out of air quotes. …
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Dr. Oz warns viewers about “fake” psychics wants you to pay for “real” ones.
Dr. Oz has been selected by our science loving President to serve on the President’s Council for Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. This will allow Dr. Oz to get the White House stamp of approval for his “negative calorie foods” and “belly blasting diets.” I am totally sure Dr. Oz will do the right thing to …
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Dr. Jen Gunter 