by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 4, 2010 | DIY, FemCare, Independent Film, Menstruation
Vanessa Tolkin Meyer recently published her thesis film on Vimeo: it’s a short film about the menstrual cup. It’s also about attitudes toward menstruation and how we talk about it....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 10, 2010 | Language, Menstruation
Guest post by Anastacia Kurylo, Marymount Manhattan College It’s been four years since I had my period. I did get a visit from my ‘friend’ for six months a couple of years ago but considering that I menstruated regularly for nearly twenty years before that six months...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 4, 2010 | Language, Menstruation, New Research
It’s always fascinating to look at perceptions of menstruation in societies other than one’s own, but I’d really like to see the questionnaire used in this study of attitudes toward menstruation among young Pakistani women. Results: Out of 500...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 27, 2010 | Celebrities, Humor, Menstruation, Television
I’m surely not the only fan of Amy Poehler and Parks and Recreation around here, am I? (Oh, Amy Poehler, have you been reading my mail? Leslie Knope is more like me than I care to admit.) As I’ve written elsewhere, menstruation is seldom mentioned or...