by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Jul 4, 2014 | Activism, Art, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jen Lewis Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. July: Twists & Turns Cycle: July 2013 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis ...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | May 21, 2014 | Film, Humor, Menopause, Menstruation
Saniya Lee Ghanoui and David Linton Cross-posted from Public Books We don’t know where the coy linguistic practice of using-while-not-using so-called offensive words by appending the term “word” after its initial letter and preceded by “the”—as in “the N-word”; “the...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Mar 6, 2014 | Film, Media, Menarche, Menstruation
David Linton and Saniya Lee Ghanoui Since its publication in 1974, Steven King’s story of a young girl whose telekinetic powers are activated by a humiliating menstrual experience has fascinated readers, movie goers, and theater audiences ever since. Now, with...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Feb 3, 2014 | Activism, Language, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jennifer Aldoretta When I read Chris Bobel’s recent post about silent menstrual suffering, I was instantly drawn in. Although her experiences are independent of my own, this particular experience felt familiar, as though I was reading a story about my...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 25, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, History, Toxic Shock Syndrome
Don’t feel bad if you missed last week’s headline news about the deaths of 23 young women from their birth control. It was a top story for CBC news and a few other Canadian sources, but it was barely a blip on the radar of most U.S. news outlets. Yaz and Yasmin, two...