by Kati Bicknell | Feb 12, 2013 | Anatomy, Birth Control, DIY, Fertility
In an older post I wrote, I talked about how to check your cervical fluid with a folded piece of toilet paper or your clean fingers. BUT! What if you’re doing that and not finding anything? What if you, like many women I talk to, think that they don’t have any...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 6, 2012 | Anatomy, Birth Control, Ovulation, Television
Guest Post by Lisa Leger Yesterday (June 4) on MSNBC-TV, my girl Rachel Maddow interviewed New York Times columnist Gail Collins, author of the new book, As Texas Goes. The book criticizes the state’s politics and morality laws and their impact on the rest of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 1, 2012 | Advertising, Anatomy, Language
My friend and colleague Patty Chantrill loves clever menstrual puns as much as I do, and recently snapped this picture of an area billboard from her car. I’ve edited the photo to try to highlight the sign, but there’s only so much one can do with a...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Mar 15, 2012 | Anatomy, Communication, Menstruation
Tell me again, why can’t we talk about body stuff? Your body is your home. It’s your medium of self-expression — your voice spoken and written, your hands gesturing, making things, touching someone, legs walking toward, running away from, hips dancing, butt sitting,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 16, 2011 | Anatomy, Health Care
I’ve recently developed a whole new understanding of why it takes so long for women to receive a diagnosis of and treatment for endometriosis. It’s not just the constraints of menstrual etiquette or the belief that painful periods are normal, especially...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 18, 2011 | Advertising, Anatomy, Birth Control, Men
I’ve spent so many years as a professor of Women’s Studies telling students that feminism is about equality, and that being pro-woman doesn’t mean being anti-men. I thought perhaps we’d moved past that 1990s meme of seeing everything that is...
