by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 24, 2014 | Activism, Language, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Josefin Persdotter, Gothenburg University As I write this, it is only hours until the acclaimed Swedish television program Kobra airs an episode about menstruation in art, and as a growing social movement in Sweden. They’ve interviewed none other than...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 11, 2014 | Internet
If buying condoms was like getting birth control pills . . . The 20th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI) meets in Paris, December 4-7, 2014. This year’s meeting will feature a workshop on the first successful live...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 4, 2014 | Internet
Shakira Andrea Sison recently published this piece at The Rappler about the still-powerful influence of menstrual shame and stigma. Gary Schwitzer at Health News Review takes down the media coverage of the BMJ study titled, “Association of skirt size and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 27, 2014 | Internet
This video delineating seven reasons to use menstrual cups is entertaining, but we’d like to point out that a reusable cup (such as Diva Cup, Moon Cup, Keeper, etc.) will last much longer than ONE year. What goes in eventually comes out somehow. The excreted...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 20, 2014 | Internet
The Sunday New York Times published interactive graphs showing the likelihood of failure of the most popular methods of birth control in the U.S., comparing typical use to perfect use. Sanitary panties: Not just for ladies anymore (via Chris Bobel). Dr. Sanjay Gupta...
