- Shark Week: Perhaps the greatest rap song ever about the menstrual cycle, although our commenters on Facebook have noted the lyrics aren’t biologically correct.
- The New York Metro Parents magazine offers advice for helping daughters with special needs prepare for their first period.
- Suzan at PeriodWise explains why Kegels aren’t just for pregnant ladies—they’re good for everyone.
- The November issue of Elle magazine (US edition) features a cover story about the overprescription of birth control pills for non-contraceptive uses. Several SMCR members were interviewed for the story; Dr. Jerilynn Prior and Holly Grigg-Spall are both quoted in the piece. (The article is not available on line.)
- Here’s a handy infographic on birth control methods satisfaction and efficacy, from Holistic Hormonal Health.
- We featured Petra Collins controversial t-shirt for American Apparel, with its image of a menstruating vagina, on our Facebook page two weeks ago. Collins was recently interviewed by VICE magazine, in which she was asked, among other provocative questions, Is everyone who is upset by the t-shirt just afraid of vaginas? The full interview at VICE is here; a brief excerpt for those under 18 can be found at The Period Store.
- Longtime women’s health movement activist Carol Downer assesses Lindsay Beyerstein negative review in Slate of Holly Grigg-Spall’s Sweetening the Pill in light of the history of women’s health activism.
- Women’s attitudes to romantic kissing depend partly on where they are in their menstrual cycle.
- Kirstie and Katie tell us what it’s like to grow up with large breasts from an early age.
- This tampon graffiti makes me want to commit street art.
