by Breanne Fahs | Sep 19, 2012 | Advertising, Communication, FemCare, Menstruation
Most women have had the unfortunate experience of realizing that they have started their periods at an inconvenient time or place, without proper “backup,” having to rely on (clunky and sporadically available) tampon dispensers in public restrooms. When driving...
by Paula Derry | Sep 17, 2012 | Menstruation
About two weeks ago, I injured my foot. Like many accidents, it was stupid, quick, and avoidable. A heavy storm door was swinging shut, I somehow didn’t get out of its way, and it sheared open the back of my left foot, behind the ankle. Luckily, I didn’t cut an...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 15, 2012 | Internet
Did you know that contraceptive implants (Implanon), designed to be removed after three years, sometimes just disappear inside women’s bodies?!? Ray Filar argues that this is another reason we should work harder at developing effective contraception for men....
by Heather Dillaway | Sep 13, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
To follow Alexandra Jacoby’s recent post about talking more about menstruation (especially about the things we’re not allowed to talk about), I’m finally going to write about something that has been bothering me for a long time. Here it is: Why...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 8, 2012 | Internet
Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For) tells Jezebel what reaching menopause on one’s 5oth birthday is like: “I feel like every joke about menopause ever.” German manufacturers of thalidolmide, widely prescribed to pregnant women for morning...