by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 22, 2009 | Health Care
Our readers outside the U.S. may want to just skip over this post. I’ve been watching what passes for debate over health care reform in the U.S. for months now, and it’s making me increasingly cranky. I suppose I’ve known for years that political...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 20, 2009 | Health Care, New Research
When a link to this study, which found that the higher a patient’s BMI, the lower their physician’s respect for them, showed up in my Twitter feed yesterday (thanks, Michelle), I started connecting some dots. Women delay seeking treatment for menstrual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 16, 2009 | FemCare, Internet
Proctor and Gamble has just launched a new internet campaign in Singapore for their menstrual pads. The flash-heavy website tells why girls are Happy It’s Here : Happy, confident, and loving life. You know what you want and where you want to go next. You feel...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 15, 2009 | New Research, PMDD
A new study published in a recent issue of Women & Therapy finds problems with the diagnostic criteria for PMDD. No surprise – feminist psychologists, researchers within the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, and many others have repeatedly criticized the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 13, 2009 | Communication
Blogger Abby Jean has a great post up today at the new Feminists with Disabilities blog about the etymology of the word hysterical, and how it is used against both women and people with disabilities. The word itself is derived from the Latin word hystericus, meaning...
