by Heather Dillaway | Jan 31, 2013 | Celebrities, Communication, Menopause
Another sign of menopause to add to the list: big breasts. Or so Helena Bonham Carter suggests in a recent interview. She suggests that she did not have big breasts until menopause and that it is “the one benefit of menopause.” But before this comment, she said that...
by David Linton | Jan 29, 2013 | Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation
It was probably inevitable that the success of Amazon, I-Tunes, Domino’s Pizza, and a plethora of home delivery and on-demand food services would spawn a menstrual product service industry. And here it is, the NetFlix of menstruation: Le Parcel. Le Parcel acts...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 26, 2013 | Internet
ICYMI: We shared this on Facebook earlier this week, but it’s too funny not to share again here — It’s Laura Wershler’s worst nightmare: Birth control on the bottom! Suzan wrote a personal, honest goodbye letter to menstruation this week at Period...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 23, 2013 | Activism, Internet, Menstruation
In keeping with the theme of Chris’ Monday post about antidotes to feminist fatigue, I offer vlogger (that’s short for video blogger to those of you who live most of your lives off-line) Laci Green’s newest video, which is about being Period...
by Chris Bobel | Jan 21, 2013 | Activism, Communication, Film, Independent Film, Internet, Media
I am demoralized. The gang rapes in Delhi India and Steubenville Ohio and EVERYHERE, ALL THE TIME, have me feeling hopeless and fatigued. Soon, I will face 30 undergraduates in my introductory Women’s Studies class, and I will, again, attempt to contextualize rape and...