Estrogen is the New Ritalin. NOT.
Guest Post by Barbara Sommer, University of California-Davis Why is it that assertions about hormones and behavior lead us to readily suspend our capacity for critical thought? It seems like folks will accept just about any assertion with regard to the power of...
50 years of The Pill
Today's the day, ironically enough on Mother's day, that marks half a century since the FDA approved the pill for contraceptive use in the USA. And, for better or for worse, it's become part of the fabric of our culture, and allowed women to have both family and a...
Saturday Surfing
Your weekly links: Heather Corinna answers the question, what is feminist sex education? By all accounts, the Rethinking Virginity Conference held Monday at Harvard was outstanding. Here's ten myths of sex and virginity that were de-bunked at the conference. In this...
The Next YAZ?
In the flood of media commemorating the 50th anniversary of FDA approval of the birth control pill, this story from the Washington Post about its newest iteration may just slide under your radar: FDA approves new birth control pill from Bayer. Bayer, as you may...
Colored Tampons: For Whites Only?
Guest Post by Nicole Luna, Marymount Manhattan College Elizabeth Kissling’s March 16 post on the launch of the U by Kotex campaign and the comments that followed touched on the implications of the “new” Kotex products and their accompanying empowerment crusade....
Is There Hair Down There? In Today’s News about Vulvas
Two provocative stories about ladybusiness today: Our friend, artist Alexandra Jacoby, was interviewed by Curve magazine [pdf] about her Vagina Vérité® photography project. The interview notes her surprise at how few of the women who've posed for v-portraits have...
