by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Mar 31, 2014 | Activism, Men, Politics
Guest Post by Jennifer Aldoretta As a woman who has now worked in several male-dominated industries, I’ve unfortunately become pretty desensitized to acts of subtle sexism. I’ve been compared to a VC’s nagging wife, asked inappropriate questions about my personal life...
by Heather Dillaway | Mar 27, 2014 | Communication, Health Care, Language, Menopause, New Research, Perimenopause, Philosophy
This month an important Sage research journal, Menopause International, “the flagship journal of the British Menopause Society (BMS),” changes its name to Post Reproductive Health. The Co-Editors of this journal are quoted in talking about this name change:...
by David Linton | Mar 26, 2014 | Books, Health Care, History, Men
A previous post, The Subject of Sneers or Jests: Menstrual Education in the Service of Racism, examined the confluence of eugenic notions that conflated the effects of environmental factors like clothing, alcohol, and masturbation with heredity and health as expressed...
by David Linton | Mar 25, 2014 | Activism, Men, Menstruation
The SMCR joins thousands of other groups and individuals around the world in celebrating Gloria Steinem’s 80th birthday. Her contribution to the full array of feminist causes is immeasurable, not the least of which is her insightful essay on the social...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 22, 2014 | Internet
Cunt has been in Oxford English Dictionary since 1972, and feminist debates about whether the word can be reclaimed go back at least as far. Many re:Cycling readers know this monologue (video at right) from Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues. This year, OED has...