Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR) Webinar

Thursday 29^th July, 4pm US EDT; 9pm BST; 6am Sydney (30^th July)

The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR) hosted an online mini-conference on 29/30  July 2021 to showcase the work of SMCR members via Zoom.

This was the second in a series of free SMCR webinars in 2021 which will take the place of our biennial conference, which has been postponed due to Covid-19. Join us to hear about cutting edge theory, research and activism in the field of menstruation studies, and to take part in the discussion.

Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR) Webinar

Thursday 25^th February, 4pm US EST; 9pm UK; 8am Sydney (26^th Feb)

Periods are having their moment – in this SMCR webinar we hear from people who are turning it into a movement

Elizabeth Arveda Kissling:  reading Gloria Steinem’s ‘If Men Could Menstruate’

Jane Ussher: Revisiting the Monstrous Feminine

Eugenia Tarzibachi:  Menstrual justice. The impact of menstrual advocacy in Argentina

Breanne Fahs: The Messy Politics of Menstrual Activism

Berkley D Conner: Menstrual Trolls: The Collective Rhetoric of Periods for Pence

Inga T. Winkler: Towards Inclusive Menstrual Health Policy-making

Katie Ann Hasson: Discussant

Tomi-Ann Roberts: Chair

Each of the participants is a contributor to The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies.

This was the first in a series of free SMCR webinars in 2021 which will take the place of our biennial conference, which has been postponed due to Covid-19. Join us to hear about cutting edge theory, research and activism in the field of menstruation studies, and to take part in the discussion.