by Paula Derry | Apr 30, 2012 | Hormones, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Reproduction
Visiting colleges became part of our repertoire of family trips back when my daughter was a senior in high school. We visited many schools to get a sense of the range of possibilities that existed. As was typical, Vassar offered a tour of the campus for groups of...
by David Linton | Apr 27, 2012 | Communication, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Menstruation
Despite occasional efforts by manufacturers of menstrual pads and tampons (the giants of the menstrual-industrial complex – thanks, President Eisenhower) to present period-positive images, they still seem unable to resist representing menstruation as an undesirable,...
by Chris Bobel | Apr 16, 2012 | Activism, Girls, Menarche, Menstruation
For the last decade or so, like so many others who read and write for this blog, I have been researching, reading and writing about how we think, talk and act (out) about menstruation. My particular interest is the various interventions that some brave activists make...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Apr 12, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
In last month’s blog post, I was thinking through why we weren’t supposed to talk about our bodies, and by the end of the post, it did seem to me that talking about our body-lives was a normal, sensible, useful, appropriate —just a big yes— thing to do. And, then it...
by David Linton | Apr 10, 2012 | Communication, Humor, Internet, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Alexandra Epstein A series of videos on YouTube have taken stereotypes to a whole new level. Not only is ‘Shit Girls Say’ sexist, but it has created an empire of homemade ‘Shit (insert proper noun here) Say’ videos stereotyping hundreds of categories....