by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 30, 2013 | Internet
A high school biology teacher in Idaho is facing a possible reprimand because a few parents complained that he used the word vagina when teaching about the human reproductive system. This video is dedicated to those parents. A blog post about side effects of the...
by Heather Dillaway | Mar 28, 2013 | Menstruation, Philosophy
I’ve been writing about disabled women who engage in reproductive experiences, and have been inspired by some of the ideas in the disability literature and literature on the sociology of the body in the past few weeks. Some scholars of the body argue that we should...
by David Linton | Mar 26, 2013 | Independent Film, Perimenopause, Television
(Spoiler alert: if you haven’t finished or intend to watch the show discussed here, you might wait to read this post until later.) The premises of the much-discussed new series House of Cards hosted on Netflix, are that no one in the world of politics can be trusted,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 23, 2013 | Internet
Here’s a condom ad that doesn’t sexualize women. Another reason to let pubic hair grow — microtrauma to the skin from shaving and waxing may increase the spread of skin virus Molluscum contagiosum. Tampons don’t really get lost inside your vagina,...
by David Linton | Mar 22, 2013 | Independent Film, Men, Menstruation
Guest Post by Carly Schneider, Marymount Manhattan College Unlike a lot of my peers, my childhood history with menstruation is relatively positive. In the small, rural town in Vermont I grew up in, the topic of menstruation was dealt with early. I remember as a third...