by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 1, 2009 | Activism, DIY, Girls, Menstruation
In Rwanda, Harvard Business School Fellow Elizabeth Scharpf is breaking menstrual silence and challenging female poverty with the Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) program. SHE helps local women in developing countries “jump-start their own businesses to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 29, 2009 | DIY, Menstruation
For your seasonal pleasure, I bring you cloth menstrual pads decorated with Dia de los Muertos motifs (with thanks to Lisa, one of my Women’s & Gender Studies alumnae). These handmade pads are available at Etsy (of course!), either individually or as a set...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 27, 2009 | Books, Menstruation
Well, we do, of course. But the editors of Redbook magazine assume that the topic is not of even the slightest interest to their readers. The clipping at the left is from the November, 2009, issue, which I found at my neighborhood laundromat. It’s from a larger...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 27, 2009 | Law/Legal, Menopause, Pharmaceutical
Connie Barton, an Illinois woman who developed breast cancer after taking Prempro for menopausal symptoms, was awarded punitive damages by a jury in Philadelphia yesterday. The jury has already awarded her $3.7 million in compensatory damages, back in September, but...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 25, 2009 | Menopause
We’re a week late in commemorating World Menopause Day here at re:Cycling. Sounds like a holiday right up there with Menstrual Monday, but it doesn’t sound very celebratory, from what I can discern. I discovered World Menopause Day, observed annually on...
