by Laura Wershler | Feb 6, 2013 | Activism, Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Author’s Update, February 14, 2013: As clarified by Bedsider.org in the comments section below, the Works Like A Charm Contest mentioned in this post is not current but ended in 2011. The contest website pages are now inactive. If Bedsider.org sponsored a...
by Paula Derry | Feb 4, 2013 | Menarche, Menstruation
What does it mean to have menstrual periods? This is an intensely personal question, but it is also a scientific and a cultural one. The menstrual cycle can, of course, be described in terms of a woman’s personal experience of menstrual flow. It can also be described...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 2, 2013 | Internet
At right: Candy Birth Control Pills, written by Carissa Leone & directed by Brian Goetz. Teaching a daughter with developmental delay about menstruation: Developmental Delay, Menstruation and Denial. A new study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 1, 2013 | Advertising, FemCare, Humor, Reusable menstrual products
Guest Post by Chella Quint, Adventures in Menstruating I saw a femcare ad that I actually liked. I know, right? I don’t even know who I am anymore. I’m kidding. I’m exactly the same person. It’s the ad that’s different. Now. I don’t promote individual femcare...