Saturday Surfing: Have a linktastic weekend
Blogger RMJ (Deeply Problematic) wrote a series on disability and birth control: Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Feministing reports on clinical trials of a new hormone-free birth control method - for men. Via Ms. magazine's blog, we learn that vulvodynia, the...
Truth in Advertising . . .
...might look something like this parody by Jena Friedman: [via Salon.com's Broadsheet]
Word Games
From now on, I'm going to refer to periods as "monthly Balkan dance parties", just because Philebrity magazine told me not to. Seriously, that's at least as good as "Communists in the fun house" and "rebooting the ovarian operation system". (For more, see Harry...
Hooked on Estrogen
Guest Post by Jerilynn Prior, M.D., Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research Yes! I’m sure you can hear my whoop of excitement and vindication. Finally, something negative about estrogen and positive about progesterone in the mainstream media. According to...
How to overcome resistance to Cycle-Stopping Contraception (a physician’s guide)
If you're wondering why your doctor might not take you seriously when you question taking the pill to abolish your periods, you might want to look at this piece of advice. I had a look at the Clinical Advisor magazine information - it looks like they pay for articles,...
“Why I’ll never take the pill again”
In an article in today's Independent, Holly Grigg-Spall presents an alternative to the current celebrations of the pill. It's an important message to add to the collective contemplation of what the pill has meant to women and to women's lives, and interesting reading....
