by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 5, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Law/Legal, Pharmaceutical
An Oklahoma City news program prepared this investigation about health risks of Bayer’s best-selling birth control pill, YAZ, with dramatic personal stories. The video cannot be embedded here, but you can watch it and read the news story here. Previous...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 31, 2010 | Internet
It’s Halloween weekend! Our Bodies, Ourselves is collecting personal stories about women’s relationships with the text for their 40th anniversary edition, due next year. The yoga pose known as the lotus can help ease menstrual cramps. Alarm about how use...
by Heather Dillaway | Oct 28, 2010 | Language, Menopause, Menstruation, Philosophy
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the words we use when we’re talking about menstruation or reproductive experiences more generally. I’ve been noticing lately that we use the word “waiting” quite a bit. I have a friend who is “still waiting” for her menstrual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 27, 2010 | Menstruation, New Research
Guest Post by Kitty Holman Make no mistake, there are some women who absolutely love to shop. And why not? Shopping has long been described as being a therapeutic activity because it has the uncanny ability to lift the spirit. After all, bringing home a new pair of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 24, 2010 | Internet
Here’s a sample of our late October reading: Researchers at University of Calgary discuss why monkeys don’t go through menopause. Tracy Clark-Flory considers the Wall Street Journal‘s report about women who don’t consistently take their birth...