by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 8, 2010 | DIY, Humor, Internet, Media, Menstruation
In the latest episode of Vag Magazine (a production of the Upright Citizens Brigade), Fennel shares her strategy for managing menstruation. Vag Magazine Episode 3: “Swamp Ophelia” from Vag Magazine on Vimeo. “We’ve had some complaints from our...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 6, 2010 | Internet
I think my calendar is broken. How can it be November already?!? Visualizing menstruation: Design student Bridgett Coremans has designed a pair of clocks that visualize the female reproductive cycle with the idea of “helping women reconnect to the natural...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 31, 2010 | Internet
It’s Halloween weekend! Our Bodies, Ourselves is collecting personal stories about women’s relationships with the text for their 40th anniversary edition, due next year. The yoga pose known as the lotus can help ease menstrual cramps. Alarm about how use...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 24, 2010 | Internet
Here’s a sample of our late October reading: Researchers at University of Calgary discuss why monkeys don’t go through menopause. Tracy Clark-Flory considers the Wall Street Journal‘s report about women who don’t consistently take their birth...
by Heather Dillaway | Oct 21, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Yes, the hormone therapies prescribed for women in perimenopause and beyond have already been suspect. Especially after the initial Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trial results in 2002 (but even before that), researchers documented the health risks associated with...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 19, 2010 | Anatomy, Media, New Research
This morning, ladymag The Stir posted an article titled, “5 Weird Things Our Menstrual Cycles Make Us Do”. Over the weekend, science site Live Science featured an article about the recent surge in ovulation-related research (with the unfortunate title,...
