- If you’re a Facebook user, please watch this video about how Facebook determines what you see – and don’t see – and why we need you to “like” posts from re:Cycling. We currently have 369 friends, but a typical post is seen by fewer than 30 people.
- 18 illustrated reasons to use a menstrual cup.
- In observance of Cervical Health Awareness Month, the Black Women’s Health Imperative will host a webinar January 22, “Myths, Misunderstandings and the Truth About the HPV Vaccine.” Scheduled guests include Deborah Arrindell, Vice President of Health Policy, American Sexual Health Association; Jennifer Smith, PhD, MPH, Director, Cervical Cancer Free Coalition; and Tamika Felder, Founder and President, Tamika and Friends. Visit the site to register.
- Hannah Ransom explains why fertility awareness should be taught in sex education, for its own sake as well as for birth control.
- According to researchers at Jinan University in China, intercourse during menstruation may lead to the production of anti-sperm antibodies in women.
- One of the gals at The Vagenda broke up with the pill and got the Mirena, and is singing its praises. She loves it so much she named it.
- What’s flowing on? Catch up with the latest news from WASH United about plans for Menstrual Hygiene Day and more.
- Knowing American Apparel, it seems a move intended to provoke controversy rather than a feminist statement: Mannequins in the store window on East Houston Street feature visible pubic hair.
- YA author Keris Stainton explains why periods can’t be private.
