by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Mar 13, 2015 | Anatomy, DIY, FemCare, Fertility, Health Care, Menstruation
Guest Post by Dr. Lara Briden My new book Period Repair Manual begins with some warm words about Period Apps. I’m talking about the smart phone applications that let us tap in data about our period start date, bleed duration, and symptoms such as spotting,...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Feb 10, 2015 | Activism, Health Care, Menstruation
Guest Post by Rosie Sheb’a Many questions have come up recently about why my focus is on Australia, when there are so many places that appear “worse off” than we are that I could be focussing my attention on. You may have seen the recent media coverage...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Feb 2, 2015 | Art, Menstruation, Ovulation, Sports
Guest Post by Dana Michelle Gillespie Editor’s Note: This blog cross-posted from Pole World News. Pole dancing has quickly become one of the most internationally sought after fitness, sports, and art forms in the world. The pole movement craze is a rapidly...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Mar 10, 2014 | Communication, Media, Menarche, Menstruation
For those living in or around New York City, the New York Public Library currently has an exhibition called “The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter.” As the title suggests, the exhibit looks at popular children’s stories—consisting of The Wizard of Oz and Mary...
by Heather Dillaway | Mar 28, 2013 | Menstruation, Philosophy
I’ve been writing about disabled women who engage in reproductive experiences, and have been inspired by some of the ideas in the disability literature and literature on the sociology of the body in the past few weeks. Some scholars of the body argue that we should...