Menstruation Musical Theatre, Misconceptions about Conception, & More Weekend Links
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 2, 2014 | Internet
- “A for effort, sperm”: The Guy’s Guide to Birth Control, from Bedsider (video at right).
- More patronizing advice from a dude: 5 Things Your Girlfriend’s Tampon Box Won’t Tell You.
- Chicagoans, please tell us all about Period Piece — the musical comedy that tells the story of Tammy DuPont, a hard-nosed business-woman, who travels through space and time with the assistance of a magical sanitary napkin belt to find appreciation for her body. Showing Fridays at The Playground Theater, 3209 N. Halsted, February 21-March 21.
- British doctors have been advised to warn patients they are almost twice as likely to develop blood clots with newer birth control pills such as Yasmin, Femodene, and Marvelon compared with older products.
- According to a recent online survey of 1,000 women ages 18 to 40 from across the U.S., half of the respondents incorrectly believed that having sex more than once per day would increase their chances of getting pregnant. The study, published in the journal Fertility & Sterility, found many other misconceptions about conception.
- Internet vaginacologist Dr. Jen Gunter explains why you really can’t kickstart your period.
- Erika Moen reviews the internal condom, also known as the female condom, in comic form for Bitch magazine.
- A Journal of Ethnopharmacology review of plants used traditionally for women’s healthcare in Southeast Asia finds “a basis” for their use, and asserts “these species can be used as the starting point in the discovery of new drugs”.
- Did you know that five years ago, the lovely and talented Madeleine of Lunapads made a DIY video to teach you how to make your own cloth pads? As she explained at the time, it’s not how to make Lunapads, but, “The videos and pattern download were created in response to two needs: first, as a possible option for those who can’t afford Lunapads, or to support those who prefer to make things themselves, just because. Second is to offer it as an instructional tool for women in Africa to make pads for themselves and/or as commercial products, as well as for crafters in this neck of the woods who want to make pads to contribute as donations to Pads4Girls“.