Vaginas, Labia, If Men Had Periods, and More Weekend Links
A gay man explains his admittedly limited understanding of vaginas: "I don’t remember learning much of anything during health class in junior high. Maybe I missed the day they taught everything about the ol’ chowderhouse (that’s my nickname for the vagina, which is...
Christina Aguilera, Etta James, and a Lesson in Uncontrollable Bodies
It was Etta, Christina, Los Angeles. Was that menstrual blood or a melting spray-on tan running down Christina Aguilera’s legs during her performance at Etta James’ memorial service last Saturday? The verdict is still out. Regardless, word on the internet is that...
Warning: Pfizer Generic Birth Control Pill Recall
Pfizer has announced that there was a mistake in packaging some of their generic oral contraceptive pills Lo/Ovral(R)-28 and Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets. The mistakes seem to have been in the sequence of placebo (sugar pills) and perhaps in the...
Tina Fey’s Menstrual Musings
Tina Fey, true to her reputation for being feisty and transgressive, tells two amusing menstrual tales in her recent bestselling book, Bossypants. The first is, appropriately for a “tell all” memoire, about her menarche. The story, familiar to thousands of...
State of the Uterus, Living Well with Chronic Illness, Blogging While Female, and More Weekend Links
The State of My Union is the State of My Uterus: Those cramps you feel are the government tightening its grip on your uterus. More creative baking: an IUD cookie. Our friend Virginia Sole-Smith writes poignantly and eloquently about how living with chronic health...
Menstrual Moments in Modelland
Guest Post by Jaime Hough Tyra Banks wrote a young adult fantsy novel. And it’s a NYT bestseller. The book, titled Modelland, is about the journey of one awkward-looking girl who is whisked away to a magical boarding school which trains girls to become...
