Britain’s Daily Mail has become internationally notorious, largely because of the pink “sidebar of shame” down the right-hand side of the increasingly apoplectic website — a one-stop shop for celebrity body snarking and general judgement of famous women for being too fat, being too thin, wearing slutty clothes, wearing frumpy clothes, giving birth by elective ...
Since Barack Obama has introduced the new healthcare bill, he has faced an onslaught of opposition against the birth control mandate, which obliges most employers to include birth control coverage in company health care packages, regardless of the organization’s stance on the issue. It was an effort by the government to improve health care for ...
If you are breastfeeding your child, they are less than six months old, they only eat breastmilk (no other food at all), and you haven’t had a period since before your pregnancy, then your fertility will be delayed (up to 98% effective method of contraception). However, there’s no way to know when you will become ...
Although Obama’s contraception mandate contained a religious exemption for various faith-based organizations, it was still a major milestone in women’s health. Under the mandate, American women are able to get prescriptions for birth control under their health insurance plans without having to co-pay, even if they’re taking birth control for its stated purpose — to ...
Making the case for why men should be in charge of women’s reproductive health. Women’s Health Experts Speak Out from Judd Nelson
If you get moody and irritable when you first go on the pill, don’t lose hope. First of all, it takes a couple of months for your body to adjust, and second of all, if your body doesn’t agree with the pills there are many different hormone combinations to try. There’s a good chance that ...
The first day of women’s history month did not go so well. After law student Sandra Fluke went before Congress to speak in support of access to birth control, radio host Rush Limbaugh called her a slut. “What does it say about the college co-ed Sandra Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essential ...
Once a week, I transform into a sci-fi geek girl. Under cover of darkness (and a pink blanket), I proudly fly my geek girl flag as I watch three hours of the re-imagined TV show, Battlestar Galactica (BSG) with the two good friends. Last week, the episode we watched was entitled “The Farm.” One of ...
Pfizer has recalled one million packages of birth control pills which might not work. The recalled packages may contain incorrect amounts of active and inactive tablets. US consumers of the drug, manufactured by the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, are encouraged to begin using an alternate method of birth control. According to Pfizer’s website, the ...
In many places emergency contraception is available over the counter to women, including teenagers, but many pharmacies have no idea what the rules are. A survey of 943 pharmacies in five American states found that about half gave the wrong information to a 17-year-old woman on the phone about whether or not she could get ...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
