- Andrea Donsky of Naturally Savvy (remember this video?) has started a petition to Bob McDonald, CEO of Procter & Gamble, asking him to disclose fully the ingredients of their tampons and padson the packaging.
- Things that make you go hmmm . . . . Many women classified as having unmet need for family planning in Ouagadougou by the DHS data are in fact users of natural methods. [pdf]
- Katie Couric interviewed the Notorious R.B.G., aka Ruth Bader Ginsburg, about the Hobby Lobby decision and other important matters: “She has created a wonderful thing with Notorious R.B.G.,” Ginsburg said of the site. “I will admit I had to be told by my law clerks, what’s this Notorious. And they — they explained that to me.”
- More than two million people have seen Buzzfeed’s post featuring 22 female employees holding up signs with their answers to the question, “Why do you take birth control pills?” Surprisingly, only one said, “Because it’s none of your business.” The Feminist Wire explains why such online activism is appreciated but misguided.
- Dr. Willie Parker works at the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. His religious belief drives him to do this important work: “But here’s the vital question: Is it a person? Not by the standards of the law, he says. Is it viable outside the womb? It is not. So this piece of life—and remember, sperm is alive, eggs are alive, it’s all life—is still totally dependent on a woman. And that dependence puts it in the domain of her choice. ‘That’s what I embrace,’ he says.”
- A new study finds that particular forms of birth control pills with high levels of estrogen significantly increase breast cancer risk. The lead author of the study says results are not enough to change clinical practice or to discourage any women from taking birth control pills.
- Buzzfeed‘s all about embracing the bush (so to speak).
- The internal condom, also known as the female condom, is widely used in the Global South, but disdained in the U.S. Perhaps $100,000 in grant funding from the Gates Foundation will help it become more popular.
- The Frisky really likes this cartoon illustrated period-tracking app.
- Don’t miss this week’s big Twitter chat, Period Proud! Thursday, Aug 7 @ 9pm – 10pm (EDT)
