by Laura Wershler | Feb 5, 2014 | Birth Control, Books, Celebrities, Health Care, Hormones, Menstruation, Ovulation
I was curious. If Cameron Diaz’s purpose in writing The Body Book: The Law of Hunger, the Science of Strength, and Other Ways to Love Your Amazing Body was empowerment, helping women to understand how their bodies work, would she include information about the...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Feb 3, 2014 | Activism, Language, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jennifer Aldoretta When I read Chris Bobel’s recent post about silent menstrual suffering, I was instantly drawn in. Although her experiences are independent of my own, this particular experience felt familiar, as though I was reading a story about my...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Jan 17, 2014 | Activism, Art, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jen Lewis Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. January: Right Side Up #2 Cycle: January 2013 – Cycle #2 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis...
by Laura Wershler | Jan 10, 2014 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Fertility, Menstruation, Ovulation
A month ago I was musing about what it might be like to blog about fun stuff like food, fashion or travel – you know, topics not quite so “fraught” as the menstrual cycle. Sometimes it feels like just so much work sharing facts and opinions about why body...
by David Linton | Jan 8, 2014 | Books, Film, Media, Men, Menstruation
In 1967 a new novel, Diary of a Mad Housewife by Sue Kaufman, struck a chord with Boomer Generation women, the post-war era’s cohort who were already the subject of Betty Friedan’s 1963 The Feminine Mystique and who are characterized today in...