by Chris Hitchcock | Apr 25, 2010 | Birth Control, Books, magazines, Media, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
This week was a big one for media coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Pill. And it looks like this is also being taken as an opportunity to reflect on women’s history over the past 50 years, which will also be a good thing. Women often lose our history, and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 24, 2010 | Internet
In case you missed these stories of the week: At Scarleteen, Emira Mears dismisses eight myths about cloth menstrual pads. Excellent essay by Holly Grigg-Spall about the Pill and medicalization of women’s bodies. When is someone gonna give that woman a book...
by Chris Hitchcock | Apr 23, 2010 | Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Newspapers
Recently the New York Times published a long article entitled the Estrogen Dilemma. It’s an article rich with many issues, and previous blogs have critiqued its uncritical acceptance of the timing hypothesis, and its failure to distinguish between the transient...
by Laura Wershler | Apr 20, 2010 | Birth Control, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical, Philosophy
I read The Birth-Control Riddle by Melinda Beck, published today in The Wall Street Journal with interest and frustration. As a veteran pro-choice sexual and reproductive health advocate, I’ve spent decades contemplating this “riddle”. I have two specific...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 20, 2010 | Activism, Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Guest Post by Chella Quint, Adventures in Menstruating Okay, Kotex? Here’s the deal: We’re only gonna stop feeling the shame when we take ownership of our periods. And we’re taking it back from you, dude. So you can’t reclaim our periods for us. You’re some of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 19, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Jerilynn C. Prior, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research I just read “The Estrogen Dilemma” in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, and I feel like weeping—in sorrow and deep sadness. This article by Cynthia Gorney is about energetic,...
