The unpopular IUD and more weekend links

The unpopular IUD and more weekend links

A short piece in New York magazine explains why the IUD — even before Monday’s Supreme Court decision — can’t escape its bad reputation, even though it’s one of the most effective methods of contraception available. TIME addresses the question more...

“Like a girl” and more weekend links

Always, the popular P&G pads, released a new empowerment video this week, asking us to re-think the phrase “like a girl”. The video is nice, but I really like Emily Hauser and Imani Gandy’s (a.k.a. Angry Black Lady) plan to make “like a...

Moms and Menarche, and More Weekend Links

A new study in the journal Sex Education focuses on mothers’ reactions to their daughters’ menarche, revealing such meta-narratives as secrecy, sorrow, a lack of competency and knowledge, power, gender and motherhood. The researchers conclude that,...

A powerful period poem and more weekend links

Dominique Christina reads her composition, “The Period Poem”. Bust magazine’s web site has a short piece about Sangre Menstrual, a Spanish performance group, who recently took to the streets wearing white pants and shorts stained with menstrual blood...
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