- This video has been making the rounds on social media, supposedly illustrating why femcare ads use blue fluid instead of red. I thought I had a pretty good sense of humor, but I don’t understand why Johnny McNulty says, “I for one will keep my big dumb mouth shut from now on. I am so, so, so happy they use the blue liquid. Never stop using the blue liquid, please, for the love of all that is good in the world.” I guess menstrual blood is yucky, and that’s hi-larious?
- Hannah Ransom explains why it’s not only important to talk about periods and birth control, but dangerous not to.
- A study from Scotland found high levels of patient satisfaction with NovaSure, a process of endometrial ablation used to treat heavy menstrual bleeding. The researchers note the importance of pre-operative counseling to ” to include information on character and duration of postoperative symptoms”.
- “[T]he term Ovarian Cycle Syndrome should be used to include all of the cyclical, physical and emotional symptoms that occur monthly following ovulation and that this name should replace PMS or PMDD”. So says Doc Raks Loganamnosis, in a blog post noting that as far as the Medical Industrial Complex is concerned, “women’s health” begins and ends with birth, abortion, women-specific cancers, and menopause.
- A new meta-analysis of 58 independent studies finds that women’s sexual preferences don’t shift according to fertility and menstrual cycle. Take that, evo-psych sexists.
- Menstrual health and education programs in the global South must take into account existing beliefs and perceptions about menstruation in the culture. A new study in Health Promotion Practice addresses the beliefs of adolescent girls in India.
- If you missed #ConfidentCarry yesterday, don’t worry. You can do it every day!
