by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 15, 2012 | Internet
Did you know that contraceptive implants (Implanon), designed to be removed after three years, sometimes just disappear inside women’s bodies?!? Ray Filar argues that this is another reason we should work harder at developing effective contraception for men....
by David Linton | Sep 11, 2012 | History, Independent Film, Menstruation
If ever there was a woman in history deserving of more attention, certainly Hypatia of Alexandria is one. Not only was this fifth century (CE) scholar a noted mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (her father, Theon, was the last head of the Museum at Alexandria...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 8, 2012 | Internet
Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For) tells Jezebel what reaching menopause on one’s 5oth birthday is like: “I feel like every joke about menopause ever.” German manufacturers of thalidolmide, widely prescribed to pregnant women for morning...
by Chris Bobel | Sep 3, 2012 | Activism, Celebrities, History, Language, Literature, Menstruation
In 1978, feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem penned a brilliant satire first appearing in Ms magazine and later in her collected essays Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. In it, she blew the lid off how gender ideology (read: sexism) shapes how we “do”...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 1, 2012 | Internet
Margaret McCartney writes about the mixed messages regarding “The V word in advertising selling genital hygiene products to women” in the British Medical Journal. A new report published in Obstetrics & Gynecology says that compounded bioidentical...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 25, 2012 | Internet
Like everyone else, we’ve been overwhelmed this week (to say the least) with the news of Rep. Todd Akin (Missouri) and his belief in the mAgIc *~uTeRuS. Eve Ensler wrote an open letter to Rep. Akin: Dear Mr. Akin, I Want You to Imagine… President Obama...
