by Chris Bobel | Mar 3, 2010 | Activism, Art, Menstruation
Tina Turner didn’t sing THOSE lyrics, but what if? Those that follow re:Cycling may recall-with a grin and a cringe–how Ingrid Berthon-Moine’s portraits of women wearing their menstrual blood as lipstick sent many Guardian and Salon Broadsheet...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 3, 2010 | Anatomy, Art, Books
Artist (and friend of re:Cycling) Alexandra Jacoby is working on a project for women called Vagina Vérité®. She’s making vulva portraits, proud and unabashed, straight-up documentary photographs-so that we can see ourselves for ourselves. The project began as a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 2, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, FemCare, Television
In the grand tradition of Ms. magazine, we present the latest installment of SNL’s “Classic ESPN Women’s Sports Tournament” with NO COMMENT. (OK, if you really want to know what we think, see our previous posts about this misogynist series....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 2, 2010 | Health Care, New Research
Although it pains me to see how low the threshold is for defining “older women” in this research, I am glad to see that the findings of this longitudinal study confirm that the HPV vaccine is of little to no benefit to older women. The study was published...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 1, 2010 | Health Care, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Sex
POZ magazine and poz.com claim to be the leading publication and website in the U.S. about HIV/AIDS. The March 2010 issue has a great article by Suzanne Bopp about menstruation, menopause, and HIV. As with medical and cultural knowledge about HIV itself, understanding...