by Laura Wershler | Sep 18, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, Celebrities
Hanging out (mostly virtually) with so many researchers at the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, I find myself thinking of research topics I’m curious to see explored. Here are just two that have crossed my mind recently: 1. Who is using menstrual cycle tracking...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 13, 2013 | Birth Control, Books, Coming off the pill
It’s been more than 20 years since Susan Faludi first published Backlash (with the provocative subtitle, The Undeclared War Against American Women), her thorough documentation of the ways women and feminism were under attack in the U.S. The War Against Women has...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Sep 12, 2013 | Activism, Health Care, Menstruation
Guest Post by Heather Guidone, CWC, Surgical Program Director, Center for Endometriosis Care The Center for Endometriosis Care was honored to present at the Society for...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Sep 11, 2013 | Activism, Media, Menstruation
This Slate article, “Do We Really Have to Be Proud of Our Periods?” is intriguing to me on so many different levels. Coming off the heels of the viral Hello Flo commercial, the article questions if periods could and should be a source of pride for women. Furthermore,...
by Heather Dillaway | Sep 4, 2013 | Menopause, Perimenopause
Anyone who has ever loved anyone and existed in any kind of intimate relationship, or raised a kid, or negotiated with their parent as their parent ages knows that you can both love someone and also be very frustrated — even feel like hating them — at the...
