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 Giovanna Chesler | Aug 2, 2010 | Film, Independent Film, Menstruation, Religion/Spirituality
Red Moon: Menstruation, Culture and the Politics of Gender may have crossed your path as The Moon Inside You (its original title prior to 2010 its current distribution through Media Education Foundation). It is a film that has enjoyed wide release, with exhibition on...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 30, 2010 | Anatomy, Art, Menstruation
Researcher and artist Hiromi Ozaki has created the Menstruation Machine, an art installation featuring an appliance for men or boys (or other people who do not menstruate) to wear to simulate the menstrual experience. It features electrodes attached to the lower...
by Chris Bobel | May 19, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, Language, Menstruation, Television
Monday morning: A friend tips me off that Joan Rivers’s on-TV use of the word PERIOD was bleeped! Yes, dear reader, somewhere, a censor deems even the innocuous euphemism for MENSTRUATION unsuitable for television. Uh…speechless. [You can view the clip at...
