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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Period pain is usually suffered in silence. But, there are actually plenty of logical reasons for our monthly punch in the stomach. And plenty of solutions. Since the dawn of time, women have been suffering monthly from their “gift.” We scream, cry, vomit, hold our heads from harsh migraines, and pray for something stronger than ...
Having your period is one of the joys of being a woman, but on the months when there ain’t a baby on the way, some women are choosing to donate their blood to science. For some years scientists have known the stem cell capabilities of the cells in menstrual blood. Stem cells, also found in ...
Access to feminine hygiene products (oh, how I hate that phrase, but what else could I call them?) is something that we probably take for granted in the Western world. We have thousands of pharmacies and corner stores selling pads, tampons, and even the environmentally friendly reusable cups. And even if we don’t have money ...
Dear Madame X, Every time I have my period I get an yeast infection. Every damned time! (Talk about messy). My doctor says that tampons might be messing with my ph balance and throwing everything out of whack. That leaves me with pads which make me feel like I am wearing a diaper. Are there ...
Dear Madame X, I like to down on girls when they have their period and obviously part of the fun of it is the mess. Is it possible to get HIV this way? I am a single guy at the moment so I don’t know these girls well enough to get tested with them. Red ...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend REFUSES to go down on me when I have my period. He just point-blank refuses. He says it’s disgusting and he doesn’t like the smell or taste. I told him he was being sexist and that there is nothing wrong with it. We can do everything else when I have ...
So, yet again, Morning Quickie is bringing you a censorship story from the concerned parents of America. This time a school district banned Anne Frank’s Diary because of one parent’s concern “about the sexual nature of the vagina passage”. That’s right, only one person in the entire school district in Virginia thinks the passage is ...
It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...
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...
