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Feminism
Guest Post: Twitter’s Contraception Problem
Editor’s Note: Jenny Splitter, who also blogs on Skepchick’s parenting blog Grounded Parents, wrote this piece to raise awareness on why you never see contraceptives advertised on Twitter. ****** If you’re active in the Twitterverse, you may have noticed those sponsored tweets that show up in your feed about Fage yogurt or Puma sneakers. What you won’t see is adult…
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Feminism
For Instant Pooh-Poohing, Just Add Sex
A few months ago, I visited a doctor for reasons utterly and completely unrelated to my reproductive status and health, unless you view all nulliparous women as potential mothers: it was to renew a prescription. After he had asked me all of the relevant questions and I was approved, he decided to tack on a warning, one that I had…
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Science
8 More Myths About Birth Control and STIs
There are far more than seven, as I found. #8: Douches have some legitimate uses. Douches were invented to clean up vaginas and were marketed as contraceptives. We now know that vaginas clean themselves just fine and that douching doesn't prevent pregnancy. The only remaining legitimate use for douches is for the word itself — as an insult, its namesake is…
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