by Laura Wershler | May 29, 2013 | Activism, Communication, FemCare, Menstruation
It was great to see the media attention garnered last week by Red Moon Howl, the menstrual poetry slam happening in New York City on Friday night, June 7, 2013, at Marymount Manhattan College. The event is part of the upcoming Society for Menstrual Cycle Research...
by Breanne Fahs | May 3, 2013 | Menstruation, Philosophy
As a professor and therapist, I see many people come through the door who struggle with a variety of feelings they identify as problematic to their lives: depression, anxiety, mania, suicidal thoughts, panic, grief, anger (and so on). We are taught, as therapists, to...
by Laura Wershler | May 1, 2013 | Communication, Girls, magazines, Menarche, Menstruation
How do girls learn about menstruation today? Who talks to them? Who do they talk to? Or do most girls rely on the Internet for information about periods? Take this article by Elizabeth (bylines are first names only) – What I Wish I Knew About My Period – posted last...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 19, 2013 | Film, Independent Film, Menstruation
Menstruation appears far more frequently film and television than you might think — Lauren Rosewarne recently identified more than 200 scenes in her study, Periods in Pop Culture. Other scholars, including David Linton, Chris Bobel, and me, have also written...
by Chris Bobel | Apr 15, 2013 | Communication, FemCare, Health Care, Humor, Media, Menstruation
Oops! Somebody fell in it. And by it I mean the tired old WomenCan’tDoStuffBecauseTheyAreWomen pit–a veritable snake hole crawling with misogynists, essentialists, and old school protectionists. Terri Proud, a newly hired Administrative Assistant in the Arizona...