by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 7, 2012 | Internet
Did you know that the Affordable Care Act, signed into U.S. law March 2010, includes a provision that requires employers to provide women with breaks and a place to breastfeed? Here is a fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Labor with the details of the new law. The...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 31, 2011 | Internet
PZ Meyers at Pharyngula summarizes a fascinating new proposal to explain why women (and a few other animals) menstruate: Emera, Romero, and Wagner, the authors of the paper, suggest the question to explained is decidualization, the production of a thickened...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 24, 2011 | Internet
You know who else talks frankly about periods? Besides us, that is? Margaret Cho. Just one of the reasons we love her. Jess at xoJane explains why none of the anti-Plan B arguments are remotely convincing. A Diva Cup user at Persephone Magazine reports on test driving...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 17, 2011 | Internet
Sociologists for Women in Society has just published The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective [pdf] (by the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research) — a comprehensive and handy summary and reference list for anyone just getting started in menstrual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 10, 2011 | Internet
Learn to relieve menstrual cramps and low energy with the yoga pose, Baddha Konasana, with a video demonstration. [Note: You’ll have to watch a commercial first.] New research from the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at the University of California, Irvine finds...
