women's health
Thoughts on New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
I’ve been replying to a query about this on Hartford Courant columnist Susan Campbell’s blog, so am going to put some of my thoughts down here at Knitting Clio as well. Susan writes:
“Here are the new recommendations. Tell me I’m getting all conspiracy-theorist and I will at least half-listen, but we all know women whose [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sex and “Mad Men”
via Historiann, who asks what we think about the portrayal of sex on “Mad Men.” Historiann observes that this is the era of Helen Gurley Brown’s Sex and the Single Girl (1962) — so where’s all the fun? Well, my first reaction is that Brown’s main message was that because women were at a disadvantage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )New Feminist Disability Blog Launched
via Our Bodies Our Blog. According to their About section:
“FWD/Forward is a group blog written by feminists with disabilities. It is a place to discuss disability issues and the intersection between feminism and disability rights activism. The content here ranges from basic information which is designed to introduce people who are new to disability [...]
Roman Polanski and The History of “Rape-Rape” in America
Now that I’ve cooled down a bit about Whoopi Goldberg’s clueless remarks regarding the arrest of Roman Polanski, I think I’ll write a little historical primer for all those out there who are wondering, WTF?
The core of Goldberg’s argument, as I see it, is that Polanski accepted a plea bargain to the charge of “having [...]
Roman Polanski’s arrest not outrageous but long overdue
via Edge of the American West. I agree — Anne Applebaum’s defense of Polanski because he’s old and has had rough life are nearly as creepy as the original crime itself. Historiann has an exceptional commentary on this story as well.
For more ickiness, see the recent documentary about the case, and the victim’s testimony here.
Where [...]
There’s nothing like an epidemic to remind folks of the importance of campus health services
As I say in my latest article at History News Network. [thanks again for publishing my writing, and promoting my book.]
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article on the CDC’s latest recommendations for colleges and universities. Brainstorm blogger Gene C. Fant wonders what impact the epidemic will have on faculty hiring.
Meanwhile, Inside Higher Education [...]
New Emergency Contraception Survey
Since the Center for History and New Media is no longer supporting Survey Builder, I have transferred my emergency contraception survey on Survey Monkey.
Please help me spread the word about it. While I’m covering the entire history of emergency contraception, my replies thus far have mostly been from women and men whose experience with [...]
More Women’s Health Hilarity from Stephen Colbert
via Our Bodies Our Blog.
[disclaimer: Prescott Pharmaceuticals is no relation to Knitting Clio]
Colbert makes fun of War on Teen Birth Control
via Our Bodies Our Blog. Looks like abstinence-only sex education is not the only foolish move by public schools when it comes to preventing teen pregnancy. Earlier this year, the Washington Post ran a story on a Fairfax, VA honors student who was suspended for taking her birth control pill while at school. As Deb [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Mind Hacks: Race bias and the menstrual cycle
Translation: the usual BS about women and their periods. As one commenter observes, how come no one studies the psychological impact of male hormonal cycles? In a culture that objectifies women and still treats violence against women trivially, perhaps there are logical reasons for women’s “risk avoidance”?
Mind Hacks: Race bias and the menstrual cycle.
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