by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 6, 2013 | Internet
A federal judge ruled yesterday that the FDA must remove any age and sale restrictions on emergency contraception (Plan B One-Step and its generic versions) within 30 days. This drug will now be available to women of all ages over-the-counter. Judge Edward R. Korman...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 30, 2013 | Internet
A high school biology teacher in Idaho is facing a possible reprimand because a few parents complained that he used the word vagina when teaching about the human reproductive system. This video is dedicated to those parents. A blog post about side effects of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 23, 2013 | Internet
Here’s a condom ad that doesn’t sexualize women. Another reason to let pubic hair grow — microtrauma to the skin from shaving and waxing may increase the spread of skin virus Molluscum contagiosum. Tampons don’t really get lost inside your vagina,...
by Chris Bobel | Mar 18, 2013 | Advertising, Birth Control, Communication, Film, Girls, Health Care, Humor, Independent Film, Internet, Language, Media, Pharmaceutical, Pregnancy, Reproduction
Seen this one yet? (or the (eerily) related “Birth Control on the Bottom“?) We posted “Sassy Girlz Candy Birth Control Pills” (written by Carissa Leone in 2011) in our regular installment Weekend Links on Feb 2. I had a mixed reaction. And when a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 16, 2013 | Internet
Did any of our readers happen to catch this talk at USC? No Need to Bleed: How Menstrual Suppression Redefined Menstruation A blog essay we recently cross-posted with Ms. magazine’s blog about why it’s valuable to use the word menstruator instead of women...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 9, 2013 | Internet
It’s OK to say vagina in TV sitcoms, but you still can’t say it in tampon ads! Like women who are pregnant, women who use synthetic progesterone birth control injections (such as Depo-Provera) are more vulnerable to certain infections including malaria,...
