by Laura Wershler | Aug 28, 2014 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Hormones
re-blogging re:Cycling In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we are republishing some of our favorite posts. This post by Laura Wershler originally appeared April 4, 2012, and has received nearly 600 comments. To avoid confusion, we have closed comments on this...
by Heather Dillaway | Aug 20, 2014 | Health Care, Language
re-blogging re:Cycling In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we are republishing some of our favorite posts. This post by Heather Dillaway originally appeared October 28, 2010. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the words we use when we’re talking about...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jun 18, 2014 | Anatomy, Birth Control, Celebrities, Film, Independent Film, Media, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pregnancy, Reproduction, Sex
The recently released rom-com ‘Obvious Child’ has been discussed far and wide for its mature, sensitive and funny approach to the topic of abortion and yet I have not seen one comment on the fact that this movie also makes mainstream (and yes, funny) the topic of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 7, 2013 | Anatomy, Fertility, Reproduction
Guest Post by Kati Bicknell, Kindara It has been brought to my attention several times that not all women’s cervical fluid matches the usual descriptions of sticky, creamy, egg white, or watery. This means some women are having a hard time charting their fertility,...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 6, 2013 | Birth Control, Fertility, Hormones, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical, Reproduction
I’ve been wading through State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals – 2012. The 289-page report was prepared by a group of experts for the United Nations Environmental Programme and World Health Organization. It is dense and complex, but what...