I am a pro-choice menstrual cycle advocate
As 2013 begins, I give thanks to each and every one of my colleagues at the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research and all my blogging buddies at re:Cycling. Without them I'd feel left out in the cold. I've been a menstrual cycle advocate since 1979 when, during a...
Motherhood
I recently had the opportunity to present a talk at something called Ignite Baltimore. Scheduled a few times a year, Ignite has proven to be extremely popular. I discovered that not only had the event sold out, but people arrived early for a pre-event reception in a...
Periodic Resolutions, Cervical Health, Toilet Hacking, and More Weekend Links
It's not too late for New Year's Resolutions, and it's never too late for Periodic Resolutions. re:Cycling readers outside of Melbourne can still hear Lauren Rosewarne's radio show, The Fairer Sex, featuring interviews with SMCR members David Linton, Breanne Fahs...
Bored by Research Updates and News Headlines
Sometimes I think biomedical researchers and media spokespersons are just searching to find the pathology in our lives. Not that we don’t know this already, especially when it comes to women's health. Because of how medicalization works, of course anything that veers...
Portnoy’s (Menstrual) Complaint
One way of telling how comfortable a man is with the biological facts of women's lives is how he responds to calls for him to go shopping for menstrual products or to have physical contact with a woman’s menses. Depictions of this challenge have occasionally been a...
Egg Freezing, DIY Abortions, The Great Wall of Vagina, and More Weekend Links
Seven tips to help your cloth pads last longer, from Glad Rags. Increasing restrictions on abortion access have led to a rise in DIY abortions. The Great Wall of Vagina is pretty much what it sounds like: A nine-meter-long polyptych consisting of 400 plaster casts of...
