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 ...
A priest with pixellated face and the Virgin Mary staring aghast at a positive pregnancy test. Is this art imitating life, or is it offensive sensationalism? Banksy’s Cardinal Sin sits amongst 17th Century religious art in Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery. His face is sawn off and replaced with small, square bathroom tiles, creating a pixellated ...
To keep, or not to keep, that is the question. In movies, it seems like the answer is almost always the former. While our leading ladies may consider abortion, it’s just for a fleeting moment. The audience is left thinking that “to keep” is the only real choice. As a result, abortion barely gets its ...
Can’t get your man to commit? Why not get pregnant accidentally on purpose?! Frankly, I am sick to death of the claim that women get pregnant accidentally on purpose in order to snare a man who is unwilling to commit. Sure, there might be a few psychotic women who have done this, but by and ...
For a teenager who becomes pregnant, marriage may be her only option. In communities where abortion is not considered an option, young women end up getting married at a very young age if they become pregnant. The result of this is often divorce, but the consequences can be more serious for the bride. A new ...
If you’re looking for advice about your unplanned pregnancy and you walk into a pregnancy counseling center run by a faith-based organization, you’re probably not expecting objective suggestions. But you’re also probably not expecting them to lie to you. Sadly, a survey of 10 British centres operated by Christian and anti-abortion organizations found that most ...
After having to dish out co-payments and deductibles for many years, American women finally have a reason to celebrate. Recently, Institute of Medicine (IOM) health experts issued a recommendation to the government pushing health insurance companies to fully cover birth control, among other health services for women. Well, it’s now a done deal. Contraceptives for ...
Women have been shelling out the dough for birth control for years in the US, but it seems some relief may be on the horizon.
Oh Kanye — so much fame, so little common sense. He tweeted: “an abortion can cost a ballin’ nigga up to 50gs maybe a 100. Gold diggin’ bitches be getting pregnant on purpose. #STRAPUP my niggas!” While I’m happy that he seems to be endorsing safe sex, he needs to be schooled about abortion. He ...
Should contraception be free? A group of American experts is meeting in November to determine whether it could be covered under the healthcare bill as preventative care. “There is clear and incontrovertible evidence that family planning saves lives and improves health,” said obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. David Grimes, an international family planning expert. “Contraception rivals immunization in ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
