by Chris Bobel | Apr 12, 2010 | Anatomy, New Research
Guest Post by Alexandra Jacoby “Controversy Rages Over Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery”. You can read the full article by Betsy Bates in Ob.Gyn. News. Bates interviews doctors as to whether performing these procedures meets a need or exploits a lack of body-knowledge...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 8, 2010 | Anatomy, Menstruation, Sex
As a native of the midwestern U.S., I know very little about sushi. (Much of it looks like what we call “bait” back in Indiana.) So I did not know that very few women prepare sushi in restaurants. This piece in Toronto Life explains why not: Women’s hands...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 16, 2010 | Advertising, Anatomy, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Menstruation
This week, Kotex is launching a new campaign “that aims to encourage women to talk candidly and without embarrassment about periods and vaginal care”. Research statistics from the brand indicate that “vaginally-aware women” are more likely to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 11, 2010 | Anatomy, Dysmenorrhea, FemCare, Menarche, Menstruation, New Research
In a controlled study of 268 Australian women with surgically confirmed moderate-to-severe endometriosis (cases) and 244 women without endometriosis (controls), researchers found that characteristics of a woman’s early menstrual cycles were associated with later...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 3, 2010 | Anatomy, Art, Books
Artist (and friend of re:Cycling) Alexandra Jacoby is working on a project for women called Vagina Vérité®. She’s making vulva portraits, proud and unabashed, straight-up documentary photographs-so that we can see ourselves for ourselves. The project began as a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 16, 2010 | Advertising, Anatomy, Menstruation, Objects
Asics footwear has developed a new running shoe that accommodates changes in women’s arches across the menstrual cycle. According to the Daily Mail, new research shows that changes in levels of estrogen affect flexibility and the height of the foot’s...
