by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 19, 2009 | Books, Menstruation, Philosophy
I think few people would consider menstruation per se a disability, with exceptions for menorrhagia and unusually painful periods. But I’ve been reading a bit in the field of disability studies lately, for both professional and personal interest, and starting to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 18, 2009 | Communication, Meta
Welcome to all the new readers visiting us for the first time today, via the lovely story about us at Women’s eNews. Please read, peruse our archives, share the site with your friends, and add your comments. It has been our normal practice to close comment...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 15, 2009 | Language, Men
There’s a brief article in the current issue of The Lancet (free registration required) about the history of hysteria. Although I was aware of the history of the word referring to women’s health and behavior being determined by the uterus (hystera is Greek...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 14, 2009 | Menorrhagia, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
The FDA announced yesterday that they have approved tranexamic acid tablets for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding, under the brand name Lysteda. According to the press release, approximately 3 million US women experience heavy bleeding, usually with no...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 11, 2009 | Menstruation, Newspapers, Sex
The trend of sex columns in student newspapers is no longer new (although the student newspaper at the school where I teach lacks one): the first sex column in a student newspaper was published in 1997, at (where else?) University of California-Berkeley. The...
