Contemplative Dialogue and the Menstrual Cycle Polarity
httpv://youtu.be/K9nFhs5W8o8 Why are media-based discussions about menstrual cycle advocacy vs. menstrual suppression, or hormonal birth control (HBC) vs. non-hormonal birth control (NHBC), so often fraught with conflict, suspicion and untested assumptions? Because...
Understanding Research: (Meta)Theoretical Frameworks
Research results are often reported by the media as stand-alone statements and as though they are facts. “Slim women have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than obese women.” “Respiratory symptoms vary according to stage of menstrual cycle.” In previous...
Menstrala, Breastfeeding While You Dougie, and More Weekend Links
httpv://youtu.be/SZ3QO-7h4YA Teach me how to breastfeed - while you Dougie. Art critic Brian Sherwin discusses sexism and the menstrala art movement in this article at FASO (Fine Art Studio Online). We don't endorse Bryan Goldberg's sexist comments about his new...
Gloria Steinem to Receive Medal of Freedom
Just eight weeks after having been honored with the first Making Menstruation Matter Award by the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research at its conference in New York City, the White House announced on Thursday, August 8, that President Obama will bestow the nation's...
I’ve got Aunt Irma visiting
httpv://youtu.be/BmefJSCZTOQ The IT Crowd is a British sitcom that centers on three IT workers and their daily misadventures. Maurice Moss, an intelligent but geeky technician who is quite socially awkward; his friend, Roy, who goes to lengths to avoid working; and...
Another Day, Another Shame: Sports Edition
httpv://youtu.be/6TXcjTyHjPs The BODY POLICE just wrote us another ticket. Sweating through our workout clothes, is a big NO NO, that is, if the sweat shows up (whisper...blush...giggle...) down there. The "solution" to the non-problem du jour is U By Kotex’s Sports...