by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 28, 2010 | Internet
The abundance of recommendations for this week makes up for the sparseness of last week’s list! Linda Falcao of Moms Rising publishes the letter she didn’t send to Wells Fargo, when they demanded a status report of uterine contents before issuing a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 21, 2010 | Internet
Are you a menstrual activist? Tell the Lunapads ladies what menstrual activism means to you, and you could win a copy of Chris Bobel’s brilliant new book, New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation, or a set of Jen Vaughn’s delightful...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 14, 2010 | Internet
This week’s picks: Ella, a new emergency contraceptive that is effective for up to five days after unprotected sex, was approved by the FDA yesterday. New study of 2000 Chinese women indicates the IUD is effective for emergency birth control. Contrary to most...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 12, 2010 | Anatomy, Girls, Internet, Media, New Research, Newspapers
When the story that girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever began popping up everywhere this week, I did not doubt its veracity. It was no coincidence that I received an email from a friend yesterday, observing with mixed feelings that she had just purchased a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 7, 2010 | Internet
Advice from the LunaPad Ladies about the best menstrual products to use while swimming. Will the Pill make you fat? RH Reality Check says probably not. University of Texas researchers discover — surprise! — that race and ethnicity affect how women...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 31, 2010 | Internet
Two from Leslie Botha: Another method of period elimination, endometrial ablation, is marketed as easy-breezy menstrual suppression, claiming “64% reduction in women reporting pain” and “71% reduction in women reporting a lack of...
