sex during your period

Here's an interesting quick read about one woman's perspective on having sex while on your period:

http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/11/boo-yaaa-period-time.html

book club?

THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood. this is another great book. it's like a feminist 1984. it's a warning for women to stand up and do something before its too late. i have a copy of it if anyone wants to borrow it.

Thoughts for this Week...

Hey everybody. It sucks we didn't get to meet this past weekend, and since we won't be meeting this Sunday, do you think we should try to meet this week? I think the best time would be Friday afternoon, before everyone goes home for Thanksgiving. Or Thursday night? I could host at my house, but it doesn't matter where it's at. I guess we should only do it if several ladies can attend.

It could just be watching the Vagina Monologues and/or making pads. Does anyone actually own the Vagina Monologues?

Let's hear some feedback! Is anyone available Thursday or Friday?

Website for Your Period!

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know about this pretty nice website:

mon.thly.info

You can tell them the info from your last few periods, and they make a prediction for when your next one should be. It's pretty convenient, and the more dates you know the better they are able to predict; mine's been on the exact day they predicted the past two months. And, if you are working with Fertility Awareness, there's a setting for you to write in your body temperature. They also give you some stats about what phase of your cycle you are most likely in, and when you are most likely to ovulate - but don't necessarily believe these predictions, since every woman is different and they just give you the date when most women would ovulate.

Have fun!

Book Reccomendation

I read this book my sophmore year. It was very, very interesting. I would highly recommend it! You can take it out of carrier library--so it's free!

Proposal for one of our meetings talking on women's rhetoric--a book club. We could recommend books, bring them in, read favorite passages, etc.

Reference Library--Herbs, Homeopathy, Nutrition

Hey Ladies! I was scanning the web and happened upon this website. It's a health store in Charlottesville. The website is full of alternatives to medical issues i.e. herbal, homeopathy, nutrition. The reference library is amazing--check it out!

www.rebeccasnaturalfood.com

Cancellation! and more...

Ok ladies, unfortunately, Dr. Thompson is going out of town this weekend so she can't make it. When should we reschedule? The 30th after Thanksgiving? Or the 7th? This also means we need to pick another topic. Here are some possible ideas for future meetings (some of them are really just discussion/thought oriented):

-alternative forms of birth control (we didn't really go into this)
-lady herbs for lady things
-feminism- what is it? what does it mean to you? does it still even exist?
-what it means to be a woman/tales of womanhood
-masturbation/female orgasm
-menstruation products & a new perspective on menstruation
-female nutrition
-ayurveda for women

Another possibility could be watching "The Vagina Monologues" this Sunday night and having a "my relationship with my vagina" meeting, in which we could take photos!! I think I like that one the best for this week. Let me know what you think.