by Chris Bobel | Oct 7, 2009 | Activism, Communication, Internet, Media, Menstruation, New Research
3 features in 4 days 160 comments plus another 120 plus another 39 and still they post... MENSTRUAL ACTIVISM has hit a nerve! On Friday, The Guardian published a story on menstrual activism which featured a photograph of a woman with *menstrual blood* on her lips (a...
by Chris Bobel | Sep 21, 2009 | FemCare, Girls, Menstruation, New Research
Ever-alert Liz Kissling drew my attention to this post on Nicholas Kristof’s blog (he’s the co-author of Half the Sky – check it out) Kristof picked up on the does-menstruation-keep-girls-out-of-school buzz that researchers and on-the-ground...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 18, 2009 | New Research
This is an interesting study, in a “Whoa! Somebody actually thought to do a study of that” kind of way. And that’s saying something, coming from someone who studies discourses of menstruation. Two economists designed a study to try to demonstrate...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 5, 2009 | New Research, Pharmaceutical
I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you. The New York Times reports today that Wyeth, makers of Premarin and Prempro, hired ghostwriters to develop medical journal articles that promoted the use of these hormone treatments. The articles emphasized the benefits and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 20, 2009 | New Research
A new study published in the journal, Appetite, suggests there is not a hormonal reason for premenstrual women to crave chocolate. The research was based on the premise that if the craving for chocolate was in fact related to a premenstrual surge in hormones,...
