“Feminine Hygiene” and the Ultimate Double Standard
Most women have had the unfortunate experience of realizing that they have started their periods at an inconvenient time or place, without proper “backup,” having to rely on (clunky and sporadically available) tampon dispensers in public restrooms. When driving...
My Aching Foot and the Menstrual Cycle
About two weeks ago, I injured my foot. Like many accidents, it was stupid, quick, and avoidable. A heavy storm door was swinging shut, I somehow didn’t get out of its way, and it sheared open the back of my left foot, behind the ankle. Luckily, I didn’t cut an...
Machzor, Hot Flashes, Why You Shouldn’t Flush Tampons, and other Weekend Links
Did you know that contraceptive implants (Implanon), designed to be removed after three years, sometimes just disappear inside women's bodies?!? Ray Filar argues that this is another reason we should work harder at developing effective contraception for men. Why? Why...
Menstrual Variations…
To follow Alexandra Jacoby's recent post about talking more about menstruation (especially about the things we're not allowed to talk about), I'm finally going to write about something that has been bothering me for a long time. Here it is: Why don't we talk about the...
Hypatia – Ancient Menstrual Heroine
If ever there was a woman in history deserving of more attention, certainly Hypatia of Alexandria is one. Not only was this fifth century (CE) scholar a noted mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (her father, Theon, was the last head of the Museum at Alexandria...
Bad Reviews for Vagina Biography and for Vaginoplasty, an end to Bears and Menstruation Mythology, and More Weekend Links
httpv://youtu.be/tfboOt1bJcA Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For) tells Jezebel what reaching menopause on one's 5oth birthday is like: "I feel like every joke about menopause ever." German manufacturers of thalidolmide, widely prescribed to pregnant women for...
