by David Linton | Mar 25, 2014 | Activism, Men, Menstruation
The SMCR joins thousands of other groups and individuals around the world in celebrating Gloria Steinem’s 80th birthday. Her contribution to the full array of feminist causes is immeasurable, not the least of which is her insightful essay on the social...
by David Linton | Aug 13, 2013 | Activism, Menstruation
Just eight weeks after having been honored with the first Making Menstruation Matter Award by the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research at its conference in New York City, the White House announced on Thursday, August 8, that President Obama will bestow the...
by David Linton | Jun 27, 2013 | Activism, Celebrities, Menstruation
“I can’t tell you how glad I am that you exist.” —Gloria Steinem on the SMCR. A few weeks ago the SMCR presented its first Making Menstruation Matter Award to Gloria Steinem at its biennial conference at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. The full video of...
by David Linton | Mar 22, 2013 | Independent Film, Men, Menstruation
Guest Post by Carly Schneider, Marymount Manhattan College Unlike a lot of my peers, my childhood history with menstruation is relatively positive. In the small, rural town in Vermont I grew up in, the topic of menstruation was dealt with early. I remember as a third...
by Chris Bobel | Sep 3, 2012 | Activism, Celebrities, History, Language, Literature, Menstruation
In 1978, feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem penned a brilliant satire first appearing in Ms magazine and later in her collected essays Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. In it, she blew the lid off how gender ideology (read: sexism) shapes how we “do”...
