by Kati Bicknell | Aug 29, 2012 | Fertility, Menstruation, Ovulation
The Quantified Self is the idea that by tracking things about your body you can live a happier and healthier life. Hardware devices like the Fitbit and Withings scale measure your daily activity and weight respectively so people can set and reach activity and weight...
by Laura Wershler | Aug 22, 2012 | Birth Control, Fertility, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pregnancy, Reproduction
Your fertility is not a deep, dark mystery only your doctor can unravel. It’s yours to own, understand and manage. Forget the ticking biological clock, it’s the wrong metaphor. Fertility ebbs and flows, like the phases of the moon. It’s about the...
by David Linton | Aug 14, 2012 | Advertising, Menstruation, PMS
Saniya Ghanoui and David Linton How peculiar are the sexual politics of Cosmopolitan magazine?!?! We previously noted the editorial avoidance of menstrual sex, but let’s take a look at their most recent ride on the menstrual cycle. On one hand, Cosmo aspires to...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Aug 2, 2012 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation
I’m sick of being special. I am. I want to be ordinary. What brought this on? I was clicking through some of the July 28th Weekend Links (thank you, Liz!), and the article about birth control advice for women over 40 caught my eye, and while reading it, I became...
by Breanne Fahs | Jul 27, 2012 | History, Menarche, Menstruation
Last year, the media focused much attention on the Smithsonian’s decision to pull the David Wojnarowicz video, “A Fire in My Belly,” from an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., entitled, “Hide/Seek”. The museum apologized for the piece’s...
by Laura Wershler | Jul 25, 2012 | Birth Control, Books, Literature, Menstruation, Sex, Virginity
SPOILER ALERT: Plot details in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy are revealed in this post. Fine literary fiction it is not, but the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy by E.L. James can certainly claim to be libido-boosting storytelling. Deirdre Donahue at USA Today...
