by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 3, 2012 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, New Research
The pill is one of the most intensely studied drugs in history, and believed to be among the safest – safer than aspirin, as an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health noted twenty years ago. Yet young women seem to be quitting in droves, for a variety of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 29, 2012 | Internet
“Now with wings!” Check out what tampons might look like, if they were designed by today’s Republican party, as imagined by SNL. Emily at Autostraddle made her own period playlist after hearing one in a movie. Commenters have added more songs. The...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 22, 2012 | Internet
An Australian ad for maxi-pads (see video at right) demonstrates how well they stay put. Registration is open now for this free online course, Contraception: Choices, Culture and Consequences. What could make someone change her method of birth control? Jane Brody...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 15, 2012 | Internet
Did you know that contraceptive implants (Implanon), designed to be removed after three years, sometimes just disappear inside women’s bodies?!? Ray Filar argues that this is another reason we should work harder at developing effective contraception for men....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 8, 2012 | Internet
Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For) tells Jezebel what reaching menopause on one’s 5oth birthday is like: “I feel like every joke about menopause ever.” German manufacturers of thalidolmide, widely prescribed to pregnant women for morning...
