#PeriodTalk, Period Hate, Period Ignorance, and More Weekend Links
httpv://youtu.be/nzP65vJ-1Sk Poor, sad Dwight Schrute wishes he could menstruate — even though Jezebel hates menstruation and medical students don't know about the menstrual cup. Knowing Menstruation Beyond PubMed: In which Rebecca Scott Yoshizawa tells of listening...
Do you love your LARC?
Throughout the contraceptive realm, LARCs are being heralded as the best thing since Cinderella's glass slipper with little acknowledgement that for many women LARCs are more like Snow White's poisoned apple. Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, 2012, was LARC Awareness Week, billed by...
Getting from the Average to the Individual When Reading Reports of Research
We are unique individuals. Or, we are like everyone else. Which is it? For menstrual periods and the menopausal transition, as perhaps for most things, we’re a little bit of both. For me, keeping in mind that both are somehow true, and understanding the ways in which...
Disappearing Condoms, Vagina Talk, and More Weekend Links
Missed Your Period? Don't Want to be Pregnant? There's an App for That. One of the reasons it's difficult to talk about menstruation is that it's difficult to talk about vaginas. A federal appeals court ruled this week that the ban on so-called off-label marketing of...
Useful Gifts to Buy this Holiday Season
The other day a Huffington Post article crossed my desk, titled, “Gift Guide 2012: What To Get The Menopausal Women In Your Life.” According to this article, here are some of the things menopausal women (read: perimenopausal women) might want this December: Coldfront...
Pregnant Body Flaunting
There is no end to the variety of ways that men find to express their fascination fear, discomfort, attraction, or repulsion when it comes to any aspect of the menstrual cycle. Take, for instance, the bizarre annual event hosted by the DJ's at a San Diego radio...
