by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 5, 2011 | Humor, Menarche
This is funny, and in some ways, quite charming, sketch comedy about a dad talking his young daughter through her first period. The Frantics-Her First Period – watch more funny videos [via Glad Rags on Twitter...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 4, 2011 | Health Care, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Successful tests on rhesus monkeys are a long way from clinical trials on women, but this is interesting to those of us following the conversations and debates about cycle-stopping contraceptives: new research testing progestin antagonists indicates that the drug can...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 31, 2011 | Internet
Wired magazine has a piece about the return of the IUD, with illustrations of some of the older models. Excellent advice for cartoonists on how to draw women’s breasts that look realistic. (Hint: there is no cleavage without a bra or something else pushing them...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 29, 2011 | Activism, FemCare, Humor, Internet
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive There is much cheering in the feminist blogosphere this weekend, for good reason, as Summer’s Eve has removed three offensive vagina puppet videos...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 29, 2011 | Birth Control, Law/Legal
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to consumers not to use the emergency birth control medicine labeled as Evital. The drug is not safe or effective in preventing pregnancy. The packaging label of the potentially ineffective and suspect...
