by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 8, 2009 | Internet, PMS
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College A lot of ideas get hatched in a bar over drinks with friends. Most don’t make it past the sober morning after. But a conversation in a Denver bistro in 2008 led to the creation of a new Internet service that...
by Chris Bobel | Oct 7, 2009 | Activism, Communication, Internet, Media, Menstruation, New Research
3 features in 4 days 160 comments plus another 120 plus another 39 and still they post... MENSTRUAL ACTIVISM has hit a nerve! On Friday, The Guardian published a story on menstrual activism which featured a photograph of a woman with *menstrual blood* on her lips (a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 10, 2009 | Media
It’s been frequently noted (by many writers, not just me) that menstrual blood must remain invisible. So I was quite pleased to stumble upon this lively discussion at Feministe about menstrual blood and why it seems to have a greater squick factor than other...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 2, 2009 | Media
As I’ve written elsewhere, entertainment media in the U.S. aren’t squeamish about showing us blood: gunshot wounds, horrific vehicle accidents, and surgical procedures can be seen in fictional narratives as well as nightly news. It’s only menstrual...
