by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 13, 2009 | Communication, FemCare, Menstruation, Television
Guest Post by Heather Dillaway, Wayne State University Trying to find a reason to stay up late this past Saturday night, I found myself watching Saturday Night Live for a few minutes. Unfortunately I tuned in right before a skit called “Tampax to the Max,” a skit...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 3, 2009 | Activism, Communication, Newspapers
I was quite excited to see our own Chris Bobel and Giovanna Chesler quoted in this piece from The Guardian about menstrual activism, and then to discover that the Guardian published a second piece the same day about menstruation: Rowena Davis explains What My Period...
by Chris Bobel | Sep 21, 2009 | FemCare, Girls, Menstruation, New Research
Ever-alert Liz Kissling drew my attention to this post on Nicholas Kristof’s blog (he’s the co-author of Half the Sky – check it out) Kristof picked up on the does-menstruation-keep-girls-out-of-school buzz that researchers and on-the-ground...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 20, 2009 | Religion/Spirituality
That’s how Varda Polak-Sahm, writing in today’s Washington Post, describes her visit to the Mikveh in preparation for her second wedding. The Mikveh is the ritual purification bath Halakha, the Jewish law, requires of women after each menstrual cycle and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 13, 2009 | Media
Did anyone happen to see the recent episode of the Tyra Banks show about menstruation? I was traveling when it aired and unable to watch or record it, so I’m curious. Reports are that the invited guests were three photogenic lady doctors who explained the...
