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Is My Blood Supposed To Look Like This?

Is My Blood Supposed To Look Like This?

January 25, 2012 No Comments

  Dear Madame X, I started using a menstrual cup and I noticed that my blood is really, really dark and viscous, rather like molasses. Otherwise I’m completely fine. Because it’s the first month I’ve used it I have no idea if it’s always been like this, or if this indicates some sort of medical ...

Can You Pick Up Some M&Ms And A Box Of Tampons While You’re Out, Darling?

Can You Pick Up Some M&Ms And A Box Of Tampons While You’re Out, Darling?

December 16, 2011 No Comments

Tampons. You use them, right? So do I. I try to keep a variety in stock, for emergencies. But occasionally I’m caught short and need to pop out for a box. And that, dear reader, is what a boyfriend is for. Here is a thing which has recently come to my attention. SOME MEN DON’T ...

That Horny Time Of The Month

That Horny Time Of The Month

December 7, 2011 1 Comment

Dear Madame X, My period makes me horny. I don’t know why but that is the time of the month that I most want to get down and dirty. My nights are filled with sexy dreams and at work I keep having naughty thoughts (sometimes ones that make me blush). Most men don’t mind so ...

The Hero Of Crazed Women!

The Hero Of Crazed Women!

December 1, 2011 2 Comments

We live in a world full of expectations. Women, for example, are expected to be the perfect images of beauty at all times. They are also expected to be crazy bitches whose periods are simply making them overreact. We laugh and joke about how “psycho” we get when we are menstruating and laugh about how ...

Sanitary Pads Change Lives

Sanitary Pads Change Lives

November 4, 2011 No Comments

Women and girls in Somalia are earning a living and helping others access education through a  sanitary pad project. Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development, an NGO funded by UNICEF, employs internally displaced women to manufacture the pads, which are distributed in IDP camps. This not only enables women to earn a living; girls ...

Underweight Is Unhealthy (And Infertility Sucks)

Underweight Is Unhealthy (And Infertility Sucks)

October 21, 2011 No Comments

Thin women have a harder time conceiving than overweight women, according to a new study. A healthy woman has a one in two chance of having a baby, and an overweight woman has only slightly lower chances. Underweight women, however, only have a one in three chance. Being too skinny is bad for you. Why ...

Teens Want Better Sex Education

Teens Want Better Sex Education

October 12, 2011 No Comments

Young people in England and Wales are patronized and poorly informed by sex education in schools. Negativity from adults toward teenage sex, along with a lack of basic knowledge about pregnancy and STIs, were flagged up by a recent study commissioned by sexual health and advice service Brook. Young people rely on friends for information, ...

Fake Orgasms Make Us All Criminals

Fake Orgasms Make Us All Criminals

October 11, 2011 No Comments

Psychology and criminal sociology are littered with extremely sexist theories. Everyone is familiar with Freud’s “penis envy.” Other insulting theories include Cesare Lombroso’s idea that female criminals are less evolved than men and that a woman’s face (AKA ugliness) can tell you if she’s a criminal. But nothing takes the cake like Otto Pollak’s book The ...

How To Be A God-Fearing Feminist

How To Be A God-Fearing Feminist

September 5, 2011 3 Comments

Rachel Held Evans has spent an entire year following the Bible’s strict rules for women. While menstruating she camped out in a tent in her back yard, never touched her husband, and carried around a pillow so as not to sit on chairs outside her home. She grew her hair out all year and was ...

Women Bleed From Their Vaginas. Get Over It. Period.

Women Bleed From Their Vaginas. Get Over It. Period.

July 29, 2011 2 Comments

Menstruation is a part of life, always has been and always will be. The day the remaining Neanderthal men catch up to their modern brothers and get the hell over it could not come soon enough. A friend recently told me a story of an altercation she’d had with her new male flat mate, and ...

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Quickie Sex Tip

Want a cheap, fun date? Stay home with a cheesy romance movie, popcorn, and a bottle of wine. You...

When Getting The Bill Doesn’t Add Up

On dates I still love a little bit of chivalry — but it goes too far when the restaurant...

Oh Harry! Getting A Piece Of The Royal Pie

There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate...

Tired Of Faking It

Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...

Getting Committed

It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...

Quote Of The Week

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort...

Lazy Sunday Awful Proposal Post

  Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...

All About Men’s Underpants

My attention was drawn this week to an article on the resurgence of the market for men’s underwear. It...

Mooncup Menstrual Cup