by David Linton | May 21, 2013 | Activism, Language, Literature
The World’s First Menstrual Poetry Slam, The Red Moon Howl, will occur the closing night of the SMCR conference, June 7, at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. Featuring the works of noted poets such as Lucille Clifton, Sharon Olds, Anne Sexton, and Ntozake...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 18, 2013 | Internet
We are big fans of Sarah Haskins Target Women series here at re:Cycling, and were sad to see her leave Current TV in 2010. So sad that we failed to notice the talents of her successor, Erin Gibson. A longitudinal population study of 2102 women over 20 years found that...
by Chris Bobel | May 13, 2013 | New Research
With apologies to the Harpers Index, we present you with a snapshot of the upcoming 20th Biennial Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference held at Manhattan Marymount College, June 6-8, 2013. Number of presenters on the program: 125 Number of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 11, 2013 | Internet
The National Institute of Mental Health – the world’s biggest mental health research funder — has announced that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. This announcement comes just a few weeks before the release of the newest edition of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 9, 2013 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, Sweetening the Pill Last year the FDA made the decision to keep the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Beyaz on the market despite controversy over corporate corruption of the review process.These drugs are back in the spotlight. The...
