For countless women, the promise of a "28-day cycle" feels like a myth. In reality, menstrual cycles are as unique as the individuals who have them. But when does natural variation signal a deeper issue? Clinical findings indicate that between 14% to 25% of women...
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Vaginas in Art: It’s not Vulgar—It’s Vulva!
The vagina has been the most obsessed-over body part since apes began to walk upright. From Goya and Courbet to O’Keefe, people have found ways to celebrate vaginas in art. But recently, due to porn and plastic surgery, vaginas have been objectified and face...
Fierce Woman of the Month: Eve Ensler & Her Revolutions — One Billion Rising
One in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION women. These one billion women are your sisters, mothers, aunts, friends, grandmothers, teachers, employers, daughters and strangers. This Valentine’s Day, women are standing...
New Year, New Image
The New Year brings a lot of changes, some of them welcome and some of them cringe-worthy and unwarranted. For many of us, especially the voluptuous and curvy ones, New Year’s resolutions often include some type of weight loss goal. For some of us, weight gain and...
Giving this Holiday Season for Social Good
For many of us, the holiday season is fraught with the stress of finding the perfect gift for the people we love. Another stress – pretending to love the presents you get. Other stresses? Avoiding atrocious gifts and ensuring you don’t put any of these creepy...
Fierce Woman of the Month: Samantha Kelly, The Funky Goddess Creator
There are a few parent-child talks that are rites of passage, but the idea of initiating and having one of these talks generally gets both adults and kids cringing. A girl’s first period is one of those subjects that require a sit down talk. A parent’s reaction and...
Our New Travel Pack: A 3-in-1 Item For All of Our Cosmetic Needs!
It’s almost certain that when we ladies are traveling, that we’ll end up leaving something behind. Last weekend it was my tweezers – I had to go to my Alumni holiday event with an angry Kahlo-esque unibrow. Last month? My nail polish remover and cotton pads. I cannot...
Chinese Traditional Medicine: A PMS Fighting Ninja
The mysteries around Ancient Chinese Traditional Medicine are vast and alluring, even when it comes to periods! The Ancient Chinese believed that PMS was caused by an imbalance in the Qi of the reproductive system. In fact, many Asian cultures use Traditonal Chinese...
6½ Reasons to be Thankful for Our Periods
In the spirit of Thanksgiving and being grateful for our blessings, luck, and fate, we thought it would be a great idea to ask girls and women why they were thankful for their periods. You may be arching an eyebrow, thinking “Yeah right!” Or you may be leaning in a...
Fierce Woman of the Month: Dominique Vidale, Building Hope in the Congo
Social media has been lauded for its ability to encourage activism, but how much are we really changing the world with Facebook “Shares” and Twitter “Re-tweets”? Sure, we’re spreading the word, raising awareness and sometimes, money, but the fact remains: we still...
Don’t Let the Yeast Be a Beast!
We’ve all been there – literally, ¾ women have become itchy and miserable, all due to a yeast infection. But why do yeast infections occur? And how do you get rid of them? This post is going to be the girl’s guide to dealing with the yeast beast and being as...