This site is tracked by Google Analytics, WordPress’ StatPress, and at least one other web tracker. But instead of digging through all of our statistics of most commented, most linked, most page loads, etc., when I was recently asked about the best posts of 2011, I went through the archives and picked my own subjective list of favorites.

  • What to tell the girl in my life about menstruation?, by Alexandra Jacoby
    Ever since I saw this uterus pillow, I have been thinking about what to tell the girl in my life about menstruation. She’s ten years old.
  • Boxing and Bleeding, guest post by Robin Percyz
    In the boxing ring, droplets of blood are often an indication of triumph. In fact, if you’ve ever had the opportunity to fight, seeing blood on an opponent’s face will often evoke a primal, animalistic pleasure.
  • Menopause isn’t for Dummies, by Elizabeth Kissling
    Roseanne’s Nuts was one of the delights of summer 2011, especially for those of us who have missed the comedic talents of Roseanne Barr.
  • Curb Your (Menstrual) Enthusiasm, by David Linton
    From time to time menstrual references show up in TV programs, mostly on situation comedies and, unsurprisingly, they are usually played for laughs. The most common inclusions have had to do with menarche with menopause coming in second.
  • Feeling Uncertainty, Confusion, and Frustration about Menopause, by Heather Dillaway
    Last Friday I attended a conference on autoethnography and was privileged enough to listen to Carolyn Ellis give the keynote speech on this new and upcoming qualitative methodology. Sitting there and listening to Ellis talk about the need for all of us to be reflexive and put ourselves into our research projects, I realized that I probably do need to acknowledge my own feelings of uncertainty and frustration as I study menopause and midlife.

What do YOU think were the best posts of 2011 at re:Cycling? What were the best menstrual cycle posts at other blogs?

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