by Editor | Sep 5, 2017 | FemCare, Politics
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney is the third recipient of the Making Menstruation Matter Award in recognition for her tireless advocacy of federal legislation on behalf of women’s reproductive health, especially her sponsorship of the Robin Danielson Feminine...
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 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”...