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[[File:Jim_Bigelow.jpg|thumb|right|Jim Bigelow, author of "The Joy of Uncircumcising" at the NOHARMM Protest of the California Medical Association, 12 July 12, 1993]]
'''Jim Bigelow''', {{PhD}}, ({{LifeData |death=2019-12-04}})<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.arclaw.org/news/longtime-activist-and-author-jim-bigelow-passes-away
|date=2019-12-19
|accessdate2020-01-03
}}</ref> , [[intactivist]], is the author of [[The Joy of Uncircumcising]], one of the first books on the topic of [[foreskin restoration]]. Bigelow revised and updated duplicated material from [[BUFF]]'s sheets in 1990; he established the UNCircumcising Information and Resources Centers ([[UNCIRC]]) in California in 1991, and wrote his book ''The Joy of Uncircumcising!'' in 1992. Since then the book has been reviewed in ''JAMA'' (The Journal of the American Medical Association), ''Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery'', and various men's movement publications such as ''Journeyman'' and ''Mentor''.
In June 1994, Jim Bigelow decided to incorporate UNCIRC under [[NORM]].
{{LINKS}}
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/health-they-took-my-foreskin-and-i-want-it-back-some-men-feel-their-circumcision-at-birth-was-an-1458890.html Health: They took my foreskin and I want it back], The Independent, Cherrill Hicks, 1993-08-03
* httphttps://www.cirp.org/library/restoration/bigelow1/
* http://www.norm.org/history.html
* http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Bigelow/e/B001KCECP6