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The Top 9 Signs Your Girl Is On Her Period

Julie GersteinAugust 23, 2010 //

Recently, an enterprising bro made a handy iPhone app that allows men to track their girlfriends’ and wives’ period cycles. Jon Rose, who created the whimsically titled “Code Red” app, says it tracks “all of her cycles — it works for ovulation … it works if you just want to know when she’s going to be PMS-ing, it works if you want to know if she’s extra horny.”

Nice job making tricky technology work for you, Jon, but a period-oriented iPhone app isn’t necessary! There a bunch of tell-tale signs that your woman is on the rag. After the jump, we give you some of the most obvious signs your lady is riding the crimson tide. Keep reading »

Menstrual Cramps Not Only Cramp Your Style, But Maybe Your Brain, Too

Jessica WakemanAugust 12, 2010 //

Severely painful menstrual cramps may alter your brain‘s grey matter, according to researchers at the Institute of Brain Science at National Yang-Ming University in Taipei, Taiwan. Business Week reports that IBS’ brain scans suggest “repeated bouts of excruciating aches make the brain unusually sensitive to pain — in effect, making the experience of pain worse.” The scans revealed decreased activity in the areas of the brain that probably handle pain processing, pain modulation, and emotional regulation, among other things. In this way, the pain of severe cramps can alter your brain in the same way doctors suggest chronic pain does. Keep reading »

Flojuggler: For The Man Who Knows Nothing Is More Terrible Than A Woman’s Period

Jessica WakemanJuly 30, 2010 //

Men, are periods wreacking havoc on your lives? Everywhere you turn is there a woman eating a pint of Ben & Jerry’s or unwrapping a Tampax? Does this concern you? You never have to be blindsided again by leaving your man-cave only to confront the terror that is menstruation. A website called Flojuggler allows you to chart the periods of the women in your life and set alerts two days in advance of when your girlfriend, your hook-up or even your mom is on the rag. Presumably you want to do this so you can disregard any irrational things that come out of her mouth while she is possessed by the hormone demons. Keep reading »

Poll: Sex During Your Period — Ewww Or Not A Big Deal?

Jessica WakemanJuly 9, 2010 //

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The Menstruation Machine Lets Men Experience The Joys Of Menstruating

Susannah BreslinJuly 2, 2010 //

We know from personal experience that it’s hard for a man to imagine what it’s like to get a period. It must all seem so foreign. Why do we go off the rails? What’s up with tampons? How exactly is that happening? Even if they’ve got the facts straight, it’s not as if they’ll know what it feels like. Thankfully, Royal College of Art graduate student Hiromi Ozaki has created the Menstruation Machine, a wearable mechanism that enables men to simulate menstruating. “Fitted with a blood dispensing mechanism and lower-abdomen-stimulating electrodes, the Menstruation Machine simulates the pain and bleeding of an average five day menstruation process of a human.” Fun! In the video, a boy dressed up like a girl dons the Menstruation Machine for maximum effect. It looks a little bulky, but you know what? Getting your period is never easy. [Boing Boing] Keep reading »

Tampon Commercial Celebrates Tampons, Periods

Susannah BreslinMay 12, 2010 //

This U by Kotex commercial for tampons really enlightened me as to the fine art of tampon insertion. I mean, before watching this, I had no idea that putting a tampon in was tantamount to entering a fantastical otherworld where weirdo music throbs as you wander about this “Avatar”-esque landscape fondling digital fronds like a fabulous fairy. “Only you can take me there,” the soothing voice-over lady reminds us, because, yes, after all, only you, a tampon, can take me there, to that special inserted-tampon place. These aren’t just any tampons, after all, they are “a touch of luxury when you need it most.” And I know that when I’m on my period, I need the Rolls Royce of menstrual blood stoppers. [Copyranter] Keep reading »

Aunt Flo Hits Twitter

Susannah BreslinJanuary 8, 2010 //

It looks like all the ladies on Twitter have synced up their periods. It’s a technological miracle! I love the 2010s. [Twitter] Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: The End Of Heinous Menstrual Cramps?

Jessica WakemanOctober 15, 2009 //
  • Doctors are working on a new drug for women who suffer painful menstrual cramps, also called dysmenorrhea. The drug is named VA111913, manufactured by a British company, and it’s being tested on 128 women who say awful cramps interfere with their daily lives. [NY Daily News]
  • A woman who was raped 24 years ago, before the advent of DNA testing, is fighting a backlog on “rape kits,” in which DNA information is collected to identify the attacker. Lavinia Masters’ rape kit was finally opened in 2005, two full decades after her assault occurred, and the DNA in it matched up with a man who was already serving time in prison for other rapes. [CNN]
  • An Arizona mother of three will give birth to her fourth child 300 miles away at a hospital in Phoenix. Why? The closest hospital to her home refuses to assist with a vaginal birth after a woman has had a C-section (called a VBAC). [CNN]

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Menstrual Activists: The New Breed Of Artists, Writers, And Protestors Destigmatizing Your Period

adminOctober 7, 2009 //

I got my first period in the sixth grade. When my mom took me to the grocery store to buy pads, I remember glaring at every man that crossed our path, thinking, “You don’t know what it’s like to be controlled by your body! You’re walking around all nonchalant in your Dockers, not a care in the world.” I was immediately and irrevocably pissed off that I had to bleed out of my vagina once a month for most of the rest of my life. But I also felt solidarity, holding my mom’s hand and browsing the maxi pads. I guess that’s why I’m not surprised that the Guardian ran a story this week about women who’ve started a new breed of feminism called “menstrual activism.” Menstrual activist activities range from crafty to political to comedic to environmental. Since a woman uses about 11,400 tampons in her life, lots of menstrual activism involves championing products that aren’t treated with bleach or pesticides, and that can be reused. But you aren’t so interested in that—you want to hear about women dressing up as tampons and wearing period blood lipstick, right? Oh, OK. Keep reading »

Please Do Not Pimp Your Period With Pokémon Sanitary Napkins

Leonora EpsteinSeptember 22, 2009 //

Hey, kids! Periods are fun! Now you and Pokémon, your favorite anime friend, can play together during your week of womanly splendor. Bringing some fun to where the sun don’t shine, this little fella will replace your ordinary Always pads with magical powers. Better yet, it’s eco-friendly! Chuck it in the wash, and Pokémon comes out like new! [Geekologie.com] Keep reading »

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