What we’re reading this week:
- From Change.org, another report of a man denied access to emergency contraception.
- A new survey conducted by Wyeth-Pfizer finds that most women do not talk to doctors about menopausal symptoms.
- At Huffington Post, Robyn Cohen explains why endometriosis needs more media attention.
- Bitch Media reviews and recommends Hot Pantz, a zine of DIY gynecology.
- In response to Amanda Marcotte’s call to make oral contraceptives available over-the-counter, Heather Munro Prescott calls for expanding access to the Pill without losing respect for the range of women’s experiences with hormonal contraception.
- Via Shelby Knox, a possible new trend in vulva decoration: Twattoos. (Think twice before you click that link, because once you look, you can’t un-see that.)
On Twattoos: I’m still undecided on whether I should be outraged or amused. SO CONFUUUUSED.
Lee, I’m not as troubled by the twattoo as I am by vajazzling or the marketing of labia dye to women.
I am, however, deeply disturbed by the knowledge that anyone would choose to tattoo an image of Tommy Chong anywhere on her body.
I find myself in the awkward position of thanking you for the link to my blog and saying that there is a lot of erroneous information (scientific and historic) in the Bitch Magazine review and Hot Pantz itself: https://bit.ly/9AL74b
I saw your post about the Bitch review of Hot Pantz in my RSS reader this morning, Knitting Clio, and thought I should edit this post to add a link to it. Thanks for beating me to it.
I admit, I only scanned Hot Pantz, and I was skeptical of some assertions, but I thought it would be of interest to our readership.
By the way, I’d be happy to cross-post your post here, if you’d like. Or if you’d like to write something specifically for re:Cycling any time, I’d welcome that.