The Many Faces of Cervical Fluid
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,...
Altering Cycles, the End of Birth Control Training, and More Weekend Links
This open letter to Facebook from MotherWise is being circulated widely on the giant social network, protesting Facebook's censorship of anatomical drawings of women's bodies while objectifying representations of the same body parts and other violations of the Terms...
In Praise of Cycles
As a professor and therapist, I see many people come through the door who struggle with a variety of feelings they identify as problematic to their lives: depression, anxiety, mania, suicidal thoughts, panic, grief, anger (and so on). We are taught, as therapists, to...
How do girls learn about periods?
How do girls learn about menstruation today? Who talks to them? Who do they talk to? Or do most girls rely on the Internet for information about periods? Take this article by Elizabeth (bylines are first names only) – What I Wish I Knew About My Period – posted last...
Working Mothers
Research is often reported as though it is news, as though the most recent article is the best and research that was not published this year is somehow not as interesting or is out-of-date. I recently dug out some articles I wrote about the psychology of working...
Empty Tampon Dispensers, Adolescent Endometriosis, Something about the Men in Menstruation, & More Weekend Links
httpv://youtu.be/wzRA9RdzECo The video at right was made by the editor of the student newspaper, The Easterner, at Eastern Washington University, where I teach. I swear, I didn't put her up to it! She made this video before I met her, when she came to interview me for...
