There Are Some Great Health Reasons Not to Go Bare Down There
Hygiene may be the least vain justification for ripping hairs off of your mons pubis, but it's not doctor recommended.
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Today in The New York Times there are two powerful stories featuring powerful women who've opened up about personal health issues that have been a part of their lives. They both reflect a changing of the times, in how we talk about disease, and in how we might more openly reach for help when needed, making the most informed choices we can for ourselves.
Hygiene may be the least vain justification for ripping hairs off of your mons pubis, but it's not doctor recommended.
On Monday, MSNBC's Morning Joe premiered a new promotion that has ladies in media crying sexism and Joe Scarborough scratching his head.
Conservatives aren't quite sure how to respond to sexism, even when it's really obvious, and even when it's against a woman on their side.
Lately, clothing stores haven't had enough sense to discern the line between popular slogan and inappropriate saying, so we're suggesting they call the whole thing off.
While conservative columnist David Frum is trying to convince his friends he's not crazy just because he's not that into the Tea Party, his wife, Danielle Crittenden, managing editor of blogs for Huffington Post Canada, was experimenting in the bathroom with a vodka-soaked tampon.
Herman Cain got only one day off from scrutiny while everyone made fun Rick Perry's inability to name all three government agencies so oppressively regulatory they must be abolished.
All the things that made the Internet a perfect forum for female blogger voices to flourish, also provided the same opportunities for a backlash of nasty, hateful, sexist commentary.
Fortune's 40 Under 40 has found and ranked the world's the hottest young stars and, keeping the trend of women being underrepresented in such ranking exercises, it's almost entirely dudes.
... is pretty much every woman, according to recent discussions of women and comedy
Few women choose to go into science because of the role model shortage in children's movies
Ousting the CEO of a failing company isn't what makes the move anti-woman
Apparently a lot of women think that looks have more to do with conception than age
The numbers aren't even up from last year
The leader who famously employs female bodyguards has poor word choice
After a mild uproar, the feminine hygiene company decide to nix their latest campaign
Summer's Eve has released controversial new ads. How could it not?
Finding could help improve mental health treatment in gay populations, doctor says
Women dominate a lot of social media, with the exception of a few key sites
The editor of Sassy and Jane has launched xoJane.com
Three of the five authors for the prize for women's writing are first-time novelists
A new study on an old topic
The star of the last two James Bond is supporting women's rights group EQUALS
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