by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Apr 28, 2014 | Activism, Girls, Health Care
Guest Post by Jennifer Aldoretta The things that consume my time are many and varied, but one of the most rewarding as of late has been volunteering for a local organization that aims to empower young women as they work through the many hardships of adolescence. Every...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 26, 2012 | Birth Control, DIY, Sex
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, Sweetening the Pill At the West Coast Catalyst Convention for sex-positive sex-educators I was listening to a talk on definitions of sexual health when the birth control pill was brought up. I’d spent much of the event feeling...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 4, 2011 | Film, Girls, Independent Film, Menstruation
So says 15-year-old Judy to her boyfriend Johnny on the occasion of her first period, in this vintage film about menstruation, Linda’s Film About Menstruation. This 18-minute treasure was produced in 1974 by the Creative Artists Public Service Program of the New...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 14, 2011 | Film, Girls, Menarche
Preparing for class discussions this week about sex education policy in the U.S. found me flipping through the Prelinger Archives, where I found this gem: Molly Grows Up. It’s a menstrual education film apparently intended for girls in about the sixth grade,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 15, 2010 | Anatomy, Communication, Film, Independent Film, magazines, Media
In Therese Shechter’s guest-post about the German teen magazine feature article, “Every Vulva Is Different”, she noted that we’re unlikely to see such an explicit, body-positive article in a U.S. teen magazine. Therese, as usual, knows what...