by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 31, 2011 | Internet
PZ Meyers at Pharyngula summarizes a fascinating new proposal to explain why women (and a few other animals) menstruate: Emera, Romero, and Wagner, the authors of the paper, suggest the question to explained is decidualization, the production of a thickened...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 24, 2011 | Internet
You know who else talks frankly about periods? Besides us, that is? Margaret Cho. Just one of the reasons we love her. Jess at xoJane explains why none of the anti-Plan B arguments are remotely convincing. A Diva Cup user at Persephone Magazine reports on test driving...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 17, 2011 | Internet
Sociologists for Women in Society has just published The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective [pdf] (by the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research) — a comprehensive and handy summary and reference list for anyone just getting started in menstrual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 10, 2011 | Internet
Learn to relieve menstrual cramps and low energy with the yoga pose, Baddha Konasana, with a video demonstration. [Note: You’ll have to watch a commercial first.] New research from the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at the University of California, Irvine finds...
by David Linton | Dec 6, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation, Sex
For nearly a century, ads and other promotional materials for menstrual products have been based on claims that the pad, tampon or, more recently, cup or pill, would make it possible for women to participate in activities that their periods would otherwise have...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 3, 2011 | Internet
Five guaranteed ways to start your period, from Dr. Jen Gunter (with tongue firmly in cheek). A new piece from the National Women’s Health Network recommends NOT treating osteoporosis in healthy women, and that women under 65 avoid bone mineral density...
