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 Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 9, 2013 | Anatomy, Books, Language
Guest post by Kati Bicknell, Kindara Now I know in the title of this post I say “Five things you probably don’t know about your vagina,” but really it’s about more than your vagina. The V Book, by Elizabeth Gunther Stewart and Paula Spencer, is basically the owner’s...
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...
by David Linton | Feb 14, 2013 | Celebrities, Media, Menstruation, Music
Guest Post by Saniya Ghanoui, New York University Perhaps the most well-known song that addresses menstruation is Ani DiFranco’s “Blood in the Boardroom,” a nearly four-minute narrative about a woman getting her period while sitting in a male-dominated business...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 7, 2013 | Advertising, FemCare, Menstruation, Music, Reusable menstrual products
Guest Post by Chella Quint, Adventures in Menstruating So I like the new Mooncup ad for lots and lots of period positive reasons. Here it is again: I watched it, I enjoyed it, I shared it, but I couldn’t ignore this other blog post title forming in my head after the...