Week in Review

Intactivism: Week in Review December 19, 2009

Banner logo for CATIE-News: Bite-sized HIV/AIDS news bulletins published by Canadian AIDS Treatement Information Exchange.Blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. Here is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

International Coalition for Genital Integrity: United Nations is sexist, misandrist and hypocritical
The United Nations has declared February 6th as the International Day Against FEMALE Genital Mutilation. Instead, it should be declaring an International Day Against HUMAN Genital Mutilation.
 

Monday, December 14, 2009

The Baby Dust Diaries: CIrcumcision: Legal Genital Mutilation of our Boys
A mother says she "wasn't going to permanently disfigure my child's body through surgical mutilation of his genitals." Read more . . .

Intactivism: Week in Review December 12, 2009

Blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of links to the ones I found interesting.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

DrMomma peaceful parenting: Forced Retraction: What Now?
Instructions on how to handle a forced retraction of an intact infant's foreskin. Too often medical personnel retract the foreskin, breaking the adhesions and harming the infant. The best thing to do with an intact infant is to leave the foreskin alone.
  Read more . . .

Intactivism: Week in Review December 5, 2009

I Want My Foreskin for Giftmas at Amazon.comBlogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. Here are the ones I found interesting, including a new discovery from October.

New Discovery!

Code Name: Mama: Our Perfect Son
A mother writes about her decision not to circumcise her son. Both she and her husband agreed that their son's sex life would be important to him and decided against a circumcision.
 

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Gloria Lemay: Jack Black, Telling it like it was
A YouTube video of the scene where Abraham tells the character played by Jack Black that he will be circumcised. The Jack Black character ends up running away because he does not want to be circumcised.
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Intactivism: Week in Review November 28, 2009

NOHARMM Genital Integrity of both boys and girls - do not circumcise © 1998 NOHARMM

Blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. Here are the ones I found interesting.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

no circumcision: circumcision rates
Information on the circumcision rates in Canada, up to 2003.
 

Monday, November 23, 2009

Alien In The Caribbean: Sex On The Brain 1- The Birth Of Shame & Secrets
Part 1 of a thorough three part exploration of sex and sexuality, including why we have circumcision. A very thorough read.  Read more . . .

Intactivism: Week in Review November 21, 2009

NoCirc.org: Genital Autonomy 'International Child' symbol  See GenitalAutonomy.orgBlogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists and Foreskin Restorers that were published in the past week. Here are the ones I found interesting.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Marketing by Permission: The tremendous fuss about circumcision
One man describes the troubles he has had with his penis and the multiple surgeries. He questions what motivates the pro-circumcision advocates. Read more . . .

Intactivism: Week in Review November 14, 2009

This is a new feature for me. Every week I will post blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists. Many are writing about routine infant circumcision and why they are not choosing it for their sons. It is often hard to keep track of them all, or to even find them. Here are the ones I like. Read more . . .