by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 5, 2013 | Internet
It’s not too late for New Year’s Resolutions, and it’s never too late for Periodic Resolutions. re:Cycling readers outside of Melbourne can still hear Lauren Rosewarne’s radio show, The Fairer Sex, featuring interviews with SMCR members David...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 29, 2012 | Internet
Seven tips to help your cloth pads last longer, from Glad Rags. Increasing restrictions on abortion access have led to a rise in DIY abortions. The Great Wall of Vagina is pretty much what it sounds like: A nine-meter-long polyptych consisting of 400 plaster casts of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 28, 2012 | Media, Menstruation, Sex, Television
Guest Post by Lauren Rosewarne Courtney Cox shocked America in 1985 when she became the first person to say “period” on TV. Period, at least, in the context of menstruation and not punctuation. Tampax, 1985-style Flash forward a couple of decades and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 26, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
I got a bit snippy with a new reader in our comments recently. I didn’t mean to, and I sure hope I didn’t drive anyone away from re:Cycling. But after 20 years of studying, writing, talking, and reading menstruation research, I’ve grown weary of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 22, 2012 | Internet
In this TEDx Women talk, Eve Ensler talks about One Billion Rising, her campaign to mobilize women in the fight to end gender violence. Lena Dunham shows off the tampon brooch she received as a Christmas gift from a friend. Understanding night sweats – at any...