Mary J. Blige was on Tyra today promoting her new album Growing Pains, and she was very candid. The Queen of Hip Hop Soul really opened up when she admitted to having sex on a commercial airline flight. She also says she's bloated and bitchy from PMS for three weeks out of the month, which would mean that she's only…
Why is it that menstrual products like tampons, pads, and PMS meds are always marketed to us in the campiest way possible? It's almost as though everyone's so embarrassed about what periods really are that cheesy-ness, euphemisms, and blue liquid are used as distractions from the fact that vaginas actually, you…
Do you have raging stabby PMS that makes you feel like your ovaries are trying to burst out of your stomach like that creature in Alien? It might be because your nervous system is depressed. New findings from the journal BioPsychoSocial Medicine showed that people with the most "marked" PMS symptoms (known as…
When a woman is called "moody" or "emotional," it's often a thinly veiled way of saying "weak." The truth is that women are 1.5 to 3 times more likely to suffer from major depressive disorder than men. "There is growing evidence that estrogens have powerful effects beyond their role in reproduction — that they play a…
Are you a moody bitch? Good news! You can now blame it on your entire menstrual cycle, not just on PMS! According to Australian researchers ,moodiness, stress and depression, are present all month, fluctuating throughout the average 28-day cycle. Apparently, stress levels are highest on day one of the cycle, while…
