PMS, cheese, and more weekend links
re:Cycling contributor Holly Grigg-Spall is also a contributor at Lady Clever. Her first post there deals with lessons we as a society don't seem to be learning from repeated public debates about access to birth control. Holly Grigg-Spall also wrote this essay about...
The Notorious RBG and more weekend links
httpv://youtu.be/4vwQpe3CCH4 Andrea Donsky of Naturally Savvy (remember this video?) has started a petition to Bob McDonald, CEO of Procter & Gamble, asking him to disclose fully the ingredients of their tampons and padson the packaging. Things that make you go...
Myrtle and MOOCs and More Weekend Links
httpv://youtu.be/3IVd1G2aIJ8 Anne Firth Murray is teaching an open online course (often abbreviated as a "MOOC") about International Women's Health + Human Rights online, right now. The course started July 10, but you can still join the course and get caught up with...
‘Yuck’-busting conversations about menstruation
Guest Post by Jennifer Aldoretta In my line of work, I talk and write a lot about the female reproductive system. It’s no secret...I’m pretty vag-savvy. I don’t randomly walk up to strangers and start talking lady parts, but I certainly don’t hesitate to share repro...
ACA contraceptive coverage saves money, and more weekend links
I tracked these beautiful undies backwards through three layers of blogs and Tumblr sites, and even did a Google image search with the photo, but still couldn't find where you can buy them. Meet Cameron's uterus, in Saturday Morning Cartoons at Autostraddle. Japanese...
Women’s Need for Accurate Information About Birth Control Gets Lost in Controversy over Zimbabwe Official’s Speech About Dangers of Birth Control
Guest Post by Carol Downer One side of the population controller establishment, the “pro-natalist”, says they’re concerned about our health, when, in reality, they just want us to have more babies; the other side, the “anti-natalists”, says they’re concerned about our...