<![CDATA[Jezebel: Lybrel]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Lybrel]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/lybrel http://jezebel.com/tag/lybrel <![CDATA[Seasonale And Lybrel Are No More "Unnatural" Than Old School Contraceptives]]> In the Fall issue of Ms., The American Prospect's Ann Friedman gets the real story behind Seasonale and Lybrel, the pills that allow women to menstruate only four times a year or not at all, respectively. Some opponents of these kinds of pills have argued that not having a period is "unnatural," and others say these pills "pathologize" menstruation. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5083439&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Women Who Bleed More Likely To Wear Dark Colors]]> There's a new pill that will end your period forever! Goodness we hate that smelly blood.
In a presentation by Lybrel's maker, Wyeth, to investors and analysts last October, Dr. Ginger D. Constantine, the company's therapeutic director for women's health, laid the groundwork. Citing company-backed studies, she reported that menstruating women feel less effective at work and take more sick days. Not only that, but they don't exercise and they wear dark clothes more often, she said.
God, don't you just wish all women were marathon-running workaholics who never took sick days and possesed the confidence to wear bright colors all the time? It's really too bad all those MBAs are destined to die out. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=279494&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Period Panties No More!]]> Having successfully convinced women of the filthiness (and, by extension, irrelevance) of their natural odors, curves, and body hair, it's not surprising that the patriarchy is going onward (and upward) with its assault on the female body. In the sights (and freshly arrived in our RSS feed): Women who menstruate! (What's next? Women who don't shit? -Ed.) Today brings news that the FDA is about to approve Lybrel — "a name meant to evoke 'liberty'"! — a birth control pill that stops menstruation completely. More »
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