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 | 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 | Jun 1, 2010 | Film, Independent Film, Media, Menarche, Studio Film
I’m not an expert in Japanese anime films, but I am pretty knowledgeable about the representation of menstruation and menarche in films in the English-speaking world, especially the U.S. So I was surprised to read in this review/story about the Isao Takahata...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 3, 2010 | Activism, Art, DIY, Menstruation
Guest Post by Geneva Kachman, MOLT: The Museum of the Menovulatory Lifetime Back in 2000, when my Menstrual Monday journey began, an ever-reasonable friend had pointed out it took 13 years for Julia Ward Howe to establish Mother’s Day. Being a holidaymaker, and...