by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 5, 2014 | Internet
A short piece in New York magazine explains why the IUD — even before Monday’s Supreme Court decision — can’t escape its bad reputation, even though it’s one of the most effective methods of contraception available. TIME addresses the question more...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 28, 2014 | Internet
Always, the popular P&G pads, released a new empowerment video this week, asking us to re-think the phrase “like a girl”. The video is nice, but I really like Emily Hauser and Imani Gandy’s (a.k.a. Angry Black Lady) plan to make “like a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 21, 2014 | Internet
A new study in the journal Sex Education focuses on mothers’ reactions to their daughters’ menarche, revealing such meta-narratives as secrecy, sorrow, a lack of competency and knowledge, power, gender and motherhood. The researchers conclude that,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 14, 2014 | Internet
Last week marked the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Griswold v. Connecticut, which made it no longer a crime to obtain birth control — at least for married couples. Rolling Stone identifies five places in the U.S. where contraception is just as...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 7, 2014 | Internet
Dominique Christina reads her composition, “The Period Poem”. Bust magazine’s web site has a short piece about Sangre Menstrual, a Spanish performance group, who recently took to the streets wearing white pants and shorts stained with menstrual blood...
by Chris Bobel | May 26, 2014 | Activism, Health Care, Internet, Menstruation
Breaking the Bloody Taboo: The 28th of May is Menstrual Hygiene Day Let´s Start the Conversation About Menstruation! On May 28th – the first global Menstrual Hygiene Day – more than 90 international and local organizations are coming together to break the silence...
