by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 22, 2012 | Internet
An Australian ad for maxi-pads (see video at right) demonstrates how well they stay put. Registration is open now for this free online course, Contraception: Choices, Culture and Consequences. What could make someone change her method of birth control? Jane Brody...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 15, 2012 | Internet
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....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 8, 2012 | Internet
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 morning...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 1, 2012 | Internet
Margaret McCartney writes about the mixed messages regarding “The V word in advertising selling genital hygiene products to women” in the British Medical Journal. A new report published in Obstetrics & Gynecology says that compounded bioidentical...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 25, 2012 | Internet
Like everyone else, we’ve been overwhelmed this week (to say the least) with the news of Rep. Todd Akin (Missouri) and his belief in the mAgIc *~uTeRuS. Eve Ensler wrote an open letter to Rep. Akin: Dear Mr. Akin, I Want You to Imagine… President Obama...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 11, 2012 | Internet
That’s right — no weekend links today. I’m traveling this week and have limited internet access. Please peruse our archives in lieu of new links this week, and look forward to new weekend links later this month.…
