The Smithsonian Menstrual Archive
Down the Washington Mall from the popular National Air and Space Museum and the National Gallery of Art lies the sprawling National Museum of American History with its fascinating collections of the history of American material culture: early plows, bicycles, mail...
Vasectomy, PCOS, Scary Menarche, Menstruating in the Military, and more Weekend Links
A new documentary, “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” chronicles the history of the women’s movement from 1966 to 1972, including the origins of Our Bodies Ourselves, the founding of NOW, and other historical milestones. In this clip at right, the founders of OBOS...
“Here is the thing that is really driving me crazy about my goddamned IUD”
Who among us wants to invite a T-shaped piece of plastic or metal to live in our uterus for the next 5 to 10 years, just for fun? No one! But if it’s to prevent pregnancy that’s a different story. IUDs may be uncomfortable and annoying but women still use them because...
How to menstruate while camping?
A friend of mine is going camping soon, and getting her period then is the last thing she wants to think about! Camping and menstruation...That reminded me about the bears-being-attracted-to-menstrual-blood question, and, in case she didn’t know,** I let her know that...
Voting with Your Ovaries, Pill Embarrassment, and More Weekend Links
Jezebel reports on an online study that found "almost 40% of women use their period as an excuse to get out of lame things". Sex or meditation? Why not both? Have you seen Ruby Cup's video response to the Bodyform video we posted and wrote about last week? You may...
Footloose and Pharmaceutical-Free?
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, Sweetening the Pill At the West Coast Catalyst Convention for sex-positive sex-educators I was listening to a talk on definitions of sexual health when the birth control pill was brought up. I’d spent much of the event feeling...
