by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 28, 2012 | Internet
As supporters of alternative menstrual products like cloth pads and menstrual cups, sometimes we forget that there are good reasons why some people may prefer to use tampons. Cartoonist Megan Rosalarian provides an illustrated guide to her evolving attitude toward her...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 21, 2012 | Internet
When Marilyn Monroe had her appendix removed 28 April 1952, she was quite nervous. She was so worried that her surgeon would remove her ovaries while he was operating that after she was sedated and the doctors pulled back her gown, they found this note taped to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 18, 2012 | Birth Control, Law/Legal, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall How many of us read the inserts included in a packet of pills? How many decide not to take the pills on the basis of the information enclosed? The rapidly reeled-off list of side effects stated at the end of a televised advert...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 14, 2012 | Internet
Cycle Harmony offers instructions for syncing your menstrual cycle with the cycle of the moon. Need more racism in your misogyny? Jezebel reports on products for vulva bleaching. An open letter, as only McSweeney’s can do an open letter: To the tiny white man...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 7, 2012 | Internet
Why are some women so afraid of childbirth? Kate Ryan at National Women’s Health Network thinks that it might be partly because it is portrayed so negatively in entertainment media. After nearly disappearing in the 1970s, IUDs are becoming more popular in the...
