by David Linton | Dec 3, 2015 | Media, Television
Perhaps one of the most useful barometers of the social status of the menstrual cycle is the frequency and nature of its representation in public media. In the 1950s the three major TV network forbade the airing of ads for menstrual products, or “catamenial devices,”...
by Editor | May 29, 2015 | Communication, Men, Menstruation, New Research
Menstrual musings on period cravings, talking about periods, contagious periods, communicating about periods, and what men know about periods will be presented in two concurrent sessions at the 21st Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research at...
by Chris Bobel | Dec 9, 2014 | Activism, Anatomy, Communication, FemCare, Girls, Health Care, Men, Menstruation, New Research, Reusable menstrual products
This summer, I bought a new camera. I needed it to snap pictures during a research trip to India where I explored diverse approaches to what’s called in the development sector, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). I chose a sleek, high tech device with a...
by Chris Bobel | Jun 16, 2014 | Activism, Anatomy, Birth Control, Books, Celebrities, Coming off the pill, Communication, DIY, FemCare, Fertility, Girls, Health Care, History, Hormones, Humor, Language, Law/Legal, Media, Men, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Meta, Motherhood, New Research, Objects, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical, Philosophy, PMS, Politics, Pregnancy, Religion/Spirituality, Reproduction, Sex, Sports, Theater, Toxic Shock Syndrome
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by Chris Bobel | Oct 28, 2013 | Anatomy, Communication, Film, Humor, Internet, Language, Men, Menstruation, Television
For me, that’s always the question. Gross is a decision. It is a judgment based on a set of values derived from a particular perspective. And because of this slipperiness, some things are more widely deemed GROSS that some other things. Readers of this blog are...
