Jimmie Ruth Olsen taught art at the school I work since 1991; we came the same year. My first breast cancer was diagnosed in 1989 and hers a few years earlier. I dealt with treatment twice, but Jimmie dealt with it almost continuously for 22 years in both breasts and subsequent metastes. She was opt...

Welcome to the Hoyden About Town Inaugural Troll-Off! Inspired by Feministe’s Next Top Troll, in the Hoyden Troll-Off you get to vote for the worst. You’ll need to “click to continue” to see all of the contestants, and the poll. 1: First up we have recurrent troll Iain Hall, ...

Last October, you may remember my post BREAST CANCER AWARENESS  where 54 women were honored with their stories of having battled this disease. Some were happy stories and some of the stories made us cry. Today I received an e-mail from a blogging buddy whom I've never met. I know tha...

Hoyden About Town is looking forward to the finalist voting in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Because it’s school holidays and tigtog and I are family-focussed right now, I’ve put together a few of my posts from the past, in the categories Feminism, Breasts, bodies and birth, Bad science, Big p...

I was poking through my junk mail, which has multiplied with the advent of the Season of Consumerism. And I thought I’d share some tidbits. Dick Smith: anyone for “massage”? I’m guessing this is even legal in Texas! “Rechargable Hydra Massager HG10. Great for when you&#...

Be Cervix Savvy is a new English cervical screening “awareness” campaign by registered charity Jo’s Trust and Hologic/Cytyc (manufacturers of the ThinPrep cervical screening system). There is some good, plain-language information at the site, though much of it is inexplicably obscu...

Like RawVegas.tv's Patrice Hollis and Denise Pernula self-breast exam video, cheap thrills and public service information abound in the video below of some dermatologist named Dr. G fondling the asses of drunk Midwestern chicks screening girls for skin cancer at......

Happy May Day!  We have two big things going on this month - first, and most important to your health - it is Skin Cancer Awareness Month.  Second, and also relatively important to your health, is Mother’s Day.  Yeah!  I will get into a lot more about Skin Cancer Awareness ...

I just found out the cancer spread to my great aunts lungs.......   really really upset right now...I don't even know what to do...   This poor women has already had her entire female reproductive organs removed...not to mention her clitoris and her breasts....now her lungs have it and her...

Ok...i'm updating now....so yeah today was ok... regents then home...my mom brought home a boobie!!!...lol its called a "mini breast"...lol our doc. gave it to us so we can know how to check for breast cancer....i'm like inlove with it! Me and my boobie have a connection...Yeah... sooo i w...