by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 4, 2012 | Internet
A gay man explains his admittedly limited understanding of vaginas: “I don’t remember learning much of anything during health class in junior high. Maybe I missed the day they taught everything about the ol’ chowderhouse (that’s my nickname for the vagina, which...
by Heather Dillaway | Feb 2, 2012 | Celebrities, Internet, Media, Menstruation, Music
It was Etta, Christina, Los Angeles. Was that menstrual blood or a melting spray-on tan running down Christina Aguilera’s legs during her performance at Etta James’ memorial service last Saturday? The verdict is still out. Regardless, word on the internet is that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 28, 2012 | Internet
The State of My Union is the State of My Uterus: Those cramps you feel are the government tightening its grip on your uterus. More creative baking: an IUD cookie. Our friend Virginia Sole-Smith writes poignantly and eloquently about how living with chronic health...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 21, 2012 | Internet
Persephone magazine hosts a discussion about dealing with menstruation in the workplace: Ladybleeding on the job. Alex Cranz at FemPop reminds everyone: Male novelists really have no excuse for not knowing about menstruation. They can look it up on Wikipedia, talk...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 14, 2012 | Internet
Trina Read asks, Could you draw your vulva? Another Texas CVS has refused to sell emergency contraception to a man; this time, the customer has asked the ACLU to help him sue the pharmacy chain. The Crimson Campaign is talking about menstruation and mental health....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 7, 2012 | Internet
Did you know that the Affordable Care Act, signed into U.S. law March 2010, includes a provision that requires employers to provide women with breaks and a place to breastfeed? Here is a fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Labor with the details of the new law. The...
