by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 13, 2013 | Activism
As our regular readers now know, the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research held its 20th biennial meeting last week in New York. Over the next few weeks, you can expect to see several posts about new research and other exciting events of that conference (yes, the Red...
by Alice Dan | Jun 6, 2013 | Menstruation, New Research
Today marks the start of Making Menstruation Matter, the 20th conference focusing on menstrual cycle research and women’s health. For 36 years, these conferences have been open to those interested in the latest information on menstrual aspects of women’s...
by David Linton | May 21, 2013 | Activism, Language, Literature
The World’s First Menstrual Poetry Slam, The Red Moon Howl, will occur the closing night of the SMCR conference, June 7, at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. Featuring the works of noted poets such as Lucille Clifton, Sharon Olds, Anne Sexton, and Ntozake...
by Chris Bobel | Sep 3, 2012 | Activism, Celebrities, History, Language, Literature, Menstruation
In 1978, feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem penned a brilliant satire first appearing in Ms magazine and later in her collected essays Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. In it, she blew the lid off how gender ideology (read: sexism) shapes how we “do”...
by Heather Dillaway | Jul 19, 2012 | Communication, Language, Menstruation
Two months ago someone broke into my office at work. They didn’t steal anything of monetary value so, in the larger picture, it’s not really that big of a deal. The campus police think that probably they were looking for laptops or other technology items that were...