Boxing and Bleeding
Guest Post by Robin Percyz In the boxing ring, droplets of blood are often an indication of triumph. In fact, if you’ve ever had the opportunity to fight, seeing blood on an opponent’s face will often evoke a primal, animalistic pleasure. Boxing is, arguably, one...
Side-by-Side
When I talk with young women who've never heard about alternative menstrual products, they often have a hard time imagining inserting something the size of a menstrual cup. For some reason, asking them to picture a silicone (or rubber) cone-shaped shot glass doesn't...
Because of a tampon
Amy Rae Elifritz was 20 when she died of tampon-related Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) on June 13, 2010. Take a moment to reckon with this. Because of a tampon. 2010. Her remarkable mother, Lisa Elifritz founded a not for profit You ARE Loved (ARE=Amy Rae Elifritz). The...
Bad Period Stories, Fertility Awareness Inspired Art, and other Weekend Links
httpv://youtu.be/ZXN_ldNpaa0 Live Green Mom used XtraNormal to make this awesome video explaining the benefits of Diva Cup. The ladies at Jezebel asked readers to submit "horrifying period stories", and that's pretty much what they got. I'm horrified at how badly...
what to tell the girl in my life about menstruation?
Ever since I saw this uterus pillow, I have been thinking about what to tell the girl in my life about menstruation. She's ten years old. This pillow is exactly something I would give her! It’s handmade, using strong colors of the kind I like, and about a subject most...
Earlier menopause with ovary-saving hysterectomy
Recently Heather Dillaway blogged about the challenges and frustrations of naming, and this blog continues with that theme, looking at a recent article about increased rates of "ovarian failure" following ovary-preserving hysterectomy. "Ovary-saving hysterectomy...
