by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 24, 2010 | Internet
A couple of our favorite ladies were interviewed in a couple of great lady blogs this week: Chris Bobel spoke with Adina Nack of Girl with Pen about her new book, New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation (Rutgers University Press, 2010), and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 22, 2010 | Birth Control, Internet, Language, Ovulation
We’ve written previously about some of the apps for tracking menstruation and PMS, but this new iPhone/Pad app for tracking ovulation is problematic. iOvulation is an application that calculates the time of ovulation and generates your personal fertility...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 17, 2010 | Internet
What we’re reading this week: From Change.org, another report of a man denied access to emergency contraception. A new survey conducted by Wyeth-Pfizer finds that most women do not talk to doctors about menopausal symptoms. At Huffington Post, Robyn Cohen...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 10, 2010 | Internet
Woman’s Day magazine blog tackles myths of menopause: Part 1 and Part 2. Knitting Clio asks Should the Pill be Set Free from the Prescription? STI rates are higher among men who use erection dysfunction drugs (Viagra and Cialis) than among men who don’t,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 3, 2010 | Internet
Our recommendations for Independence Day weekend (U.S.): We’re not the only ones who aren’t buying the hype over a blood test to predict menopause: Dr. Christian Jessen explains in the London Evening Standard that it’s just one little study, and Lyn...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 2, 2010 | Birth Control, Internet, Media, New Research
The Internet, especially the feminist blogosphere, is all abuzz this week with the promise of a new contraceptive pill for men within the next five years. But researchers always say a pill for men is just five years away, according to University of Washington medical...
