by Elizabeth Kissling | May 24, 2014 | Internet
In Friday’s Guardian, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett explores why so many young people aren’t using contraception. Nearly everyone she spoke with for the article is British – including SMCR’s Holly Grigg-Spall — but numbers are similar in the U.S. A study...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 10, 2014 | Internet
This video has been making the rounds on social media, supposedly illustrating why femcare ads use blue fluid instead of red. I thought I had a pretty good sense of humor, but I don’t understand why Johnny McNulty says, “I for one will keep my big dumb...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 26, 2014 | Internet
Have you seen Mary Lambert’s new video, Body Love? Earlier this month, Jes Baker (The Militant Baker) and numerous partners and co-sponsors hosted the Body Love Conference at University of Arizona. This week, Lindsey Averill wrote about how she has been stalked,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 19, 2014 | Internet
Have you had a pap smear recently? Listen to the pap rap, then schedule a smear. A new study of diagnostic practices for assessing PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) finds that only only 18.4% of physicians reported regular use of any type of daily symptom...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 12, 2014 | Internet
This month, people in North America will be able to see the first of a lunar eclipse tetrad—a series of 4 consecutive total eclipses occurring at approximately six month intervals. Weather permitting, the April 15 lunar eclipse is expected to be visible across...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 5, 2014 | Internet
Guess who is now on the case, investigating corporate responsibility for faulty birth control devices and medications? Erin Brockovich! Birth control options is the subject of a program on Minnesota Public Radio. Our own Laura Wershler is quoted in this article at...
