- Your period, day-by-day, with the women of M-TV’s Girl Code.
- Hospitals are less likely to encourage Black mothers to breastfeed.
- A lingerie company that specializes in ‘leak-proof’ underwear for menstruation and for new moms has been catching some flak for its new ad campaign featuring women CEOs of technology companies posing in their underwear.
- Rachel Walden at the Our Bodies, Ourselves blog explains why healthy young women (under 65) do not need DEXA bone density scans.
- BPA and the risks to ovaries – across generations.
- Admit it – you’ve wondered, too. Do werewolves and vampires have periods? What about mermaids?
- On the problems of the ‘cancer warrior’ metaphor: Not everyone who fights breast cancer is Muhammed Ali; some are Joe Frazier.
- This Buzzfeed listicle about how 11 foods affect vaginal health includes links and references.
- IUDs can’t prevent ectopic pregnancies. (They are very rare, though.)
- Breaking news: Men have feelings, and hormones. Holly Grigg-Spall writes about testosterone treatement, Low-T, and the pharmaceuticalization of us all.
- Here’s some tips from Kelli Dunham for getting through your biannual gynecological exam, even if previous trauma makes it seem impossible.
