by David Linton | Jan 1, 2013 | Books, Literature, Menstruation
One way of telling how comfortable a man is with the biological facts of women’s lives is how he responds to calls for him to go shopping for menstrual products or to have physical contact with a woman’s menses. Depictions of this challenge have occasionally...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 26, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
I got a bit snippy with a new reader in our comments recently. I didn’t mean to, and I sure hope I didn’t drive anyone away from re:Cycling. But after 20 years of studying, writing, talking, and reading menstruation research, I’ve grown weary of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 28, 2012 | Activism, Menstruation
The Occupy movement is about equality. Its primary aim is to create a more just world economically, but socially, too, for economic justice and social justice are inextricably linked. The specific focus of each local group may be somewhat different, but Occupiers...
by Breanne Fahs | Nov 16, 2012 | Activism, Menstruation
Last fall, as a women and gender studies professor, I taught a course called “Psychology of Gender” where I decided to include an experiential activist assignment that asked students to form groups and engage in some sort of menstrual activism. The instructions asked...
by Ashley Ross | Oct 19, 2012 | Hormones, Menstruation
When we sit with our clients – whether it’s a medical consultation, a therapy session, a group program or even spiritual guidance – what happens when we include a woman’s cyclic nature in the conversation? As a holistic reproductive health coach using...
