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Home / women's health

Menstrupedia – Your Guide to Healthy Periods

Sep. 3, 2014 by Comic Nurse

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Tags: menstruation, periods, reproductive health, women's health

Pins + Needles

Jun. 20, 2014 by Comic Nurse

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Brighton conference presenter Rachel Abrams sends news: “I’m delighted to share news with you that my long-gestated project, Pins and Needles, about Gen X women navigating fertility, is finally up online and out in the world.” You can check out her new project site here: http://www.gotpinsandneedles.com

Categories: Brighton 2013, Comics and Medicine, Health Education, medical politics, Research Tags: fertility, infertility, pregnancy, sex, women's health

Spooky Womb

Dec. 2, 2012 by Comic Nurse

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Paula Knight’s Spooky Womb is an excerpt from her graphic memoir in progress The Facts of Life, which was shortlisted for the Myriad Editions First Fictions Graphic Novel competition. In this excerpt, she very creatively (and nearly wordlessly) recounts her “interactions” with fertility, pregnancy, and loss via an anthropomorphized female reproductive tract. The three panel horizontal layout serves her narrative quite well, while varied background shading seems to reflect the diurnal and menstrual cycles. A skilled illustrator, Knight is able to convey a wide range of gesture and emotion from her visceral character, making one wonder which is the protagonist – uterus… Read More

Tags: feminist, fertility, Paula Knight, pregnancy, Swogger, uterus, women's health

Cycling: A Guide to Menstruation

Aug. 10, 2012 by Comic Nurse

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Awaiting review. Want to write a review for us? Read a review from Bitch Magazine here.  

Tags: menstruation, sexuality, women's health

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