Every so often, something comes across my computer and I can't decide whether it's the most un-feminist thing ever -- or if it's brilliant.  Enter PMSBuddy.com, the free online PMS reminder, which trumpets it's "saving relationships -- one month at a time!" 

PMSBuddy functions as a messenger to the men in your life to say, Warning!  Warning!  Aunt Flo is back with a vengeance!  Stock the freezer with Cherry Garcia, keep the Midol close at hand, and don't even think about touching my boobs because they're friggin' tender.

If you're a woman, PMSBuddy will … Read More

Women bleed for a week each month and yet somehow, we've been branded the more squeamish sex. Go figure. But while we've been on intimate terms with menstruation since we were 12, men aren't always used to getting so up close and personal. So when we have our "monthly visitor," can we count on our guys to help us entertain? We asked men: "What do you think about having sex during a woman's period?"

"With a condom, I say fine. No babies." --John, 32, Professor

"If I'm drunk, whatever." --Adam, 28, Carpenter

"I have absolutely no problem with it, and … Read More

Your period: do you hide it from your boy or not?  Jezebel asks the tough questions:

...there's one final frontier of unpleasantness that means you're really close: changing your pads and tampons in front of your boyfriend. (I say "boyfriend," because I'm assuming this isn't as much of an issue in lesbian relationships.) Some guys are apparently squeamish about this sort of thing, probably the same ones who are weird about period sex. But can you really have a lasting relationship with someone if you have to hide bloody cotton from them?

No, you can't. At least that's been my … Read More

Most pill-takers have a single goal in mind: Remember to pop one a day, as directed, to prevent pregnancy. Others, however, have learned to wield the little white pills strategically, to keep Aunt Flo from barging in on hot-and-heavy weekend plans. And why not, when skipping a period is as simple as taking two 21-day courses of pills back-to-back? It's also quite safe, say experts such as Dr. Leslie Miller, associate professor of gynecology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, who thinks we should be able to stop our periods altogether. "A woman should be … Read More