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 Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 18, 2012 | Film, Media, Menstruation, Television
Guest Post by Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne Exploring missing menstruation on screen Periods are depicted far more often on screen than I could have ever imagined; perhaps the biggest surprise I got from spending a year researching the topic. Less...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 18, 2011 | Advertising, Anatomy, Birth Control, Men
I’ve spent so many years as a professor of Women’s Studies telling students that feminism is about equality, and that being pro-woman doesn’t mean being anti-men. I thought perhaps we’d moved past that 1990s meme of seeing everything that is...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 25, 2010 | Activism, Birth Control, Books, Pharmaceutical
Only a latter-day Rip Van Winkle could avoid knowing that this month marks the 50th anniversary of the FDA’s approval of Enovid, the world’s first birth control pill. Hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles have marked this anniversary. Many incorrectly credit the...
by Chris Hitchcock | May 9, 2010 | Activism, Birth Control, Pharmaceutical
Today’s the day, ironically enough on Mother’s day, that marks half a century since the FDA approved the pill for contraceptive use in the USA. And, for better or for worse, it’s become part of the fabric of our culture, and allowed women to have...
