by David Linton | Jul 16, 2013 | Internet, Men, Menstruation
A couple of recent web site items capture a wide range of male responses to Close Encounters of the Menstrual Kind. First, consider a peculiar blog post by a man named David Barton Wallace who does music reviews, this time a piece titled, “Brazilian Girls go with the...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Jul 10, 2013 | Humor, Internet, Men
Reddit, the social entertainment website, has a section called “Reddit WTF?!” where users can post images or links that fit the category of “What the fuck?” Under the title of “Who Wants a Shot!?” one user posted an image of a package of five “flasks” that are in the...
by Chris Bobel | Jul 8, 2013 | Art, Humor, Men
Guest Post by poet Tami Sussman We might be 17 or so hours ahead in real time, but when it comes to The Arts, we’re a bit behind here, down under. Poetry slams were introduced in Australia (by an American) around a decade ago and the National Poetry Slam is in its 7th...
by Alice Dan | Jul 4, 2013 | Hormones, Menopause
On June 24, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released a report on the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study of Younger Women (WHIMSY) in the JAMA Network publication JAMA Internal Medicine. This study is of particular interest because hormone...
by Laura Wershler | Jul 3, 2013 | Fertility, Men, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Ovulation, Reproduction
Two new suppositions about menopause have been tossed around the media in recent weeks. They make for racy headlines but both, unfortunately, perpetuate the myth that menopause is a disease women need to be protected from. Most recent was the assertion by researchers...