Menstrual Musings
Ever since I started using the Diva Cup I've been really thinking about the tampon/pad industry and what it means for women and the environment. Honestly, I don't think that the current mainstream...
View ArticleNew Contraceptive May Save Lives
A new form of contraceptive (microbicides) is under development, one that looks like it might be able to strike a serious blow against the epidemic of STDs, HIV in particular. It comes in the form of...
View ArticleGlamour: The new lies about women's health (No, really?)
In a move that is surprisingly good, Glamour has published an extensive and well written article that covers the governmental assault on women’s health. From the FDA to government funded abstinence...
View ArticleYou Make Me Feel So Young
[Crossposted to my Vox blog.] Just when I was starting to feel like I was getting old, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comes through and treats me like a kid again: Now the government...
View ArticleWas the pill all that revolutionary?
My dad loves, and I mean loves, to talk about how the pill is what enabled women to become equal. He talks about it as if it’s the end-all-be-all of contraceptive and that something like women having a...
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