Models by Megan Assaf
- Those lovely images at right are life-sized replicas of a non-menstruating uterus and a menstruating uterus, called Wombs for Wisdom, hand-made by Megan Assaf. Contact her for more information if you’d like your own set.
- Do women prefer more complex music around ovulation? Who cares — read this article at The Scicurious Brain for the smackdown on typical evo-psych research.
- Making reproductive and sexual health issues more accessible for young Muslim Americans: An Interview with Urooj Arshad.
- Our U.S. readers (and others, too) have no doubt heard all about Lisa Brown, the Michigan state legislator who was banned from speaking on the state house floor, apparently for her indecorous use of the word vagina and all the protests that followed. The essential argument of the protestors was that those who can’t say vagina have no business making legislation about it.
Guess who else is having some trouble with the word vagina? FemFresh, the manufacturers of douche, removed their Facebook page for their product when their childlike euphemisms for vagina offended the very audience they hoped would buy their (TOTALLY UNNECESSARY) product.
Yes, the flurry about Lisa Brown and the incredibly precious sensibilities of the Michigan legislature has stimulated some interesting activism. Personally, I plan to join the June 30 Facebook event, “The Day Facebook Went All Vagina”:
https://www.facebook.com/events/311349655620978/