by Alexandra Jacoby | Jul 5, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
In yoga class the other day (I know!) while holding a pose for a while already, the instructor started asking us about our relationships with our bodies. I’m straining to hold plank pose (a push-up), determined not to be the first to give in to trembling muscles, and...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Jun 8, 2012 | Art, Menstruation
THIS ONE is my favorite image among the “THERE WILL BE BLOOD” series of photographs by Emma Arvida Bystrom. It’s of a young woman, in a skirt, reading at a counter that faces a window; you can see blood staining her panties through the glass, and she’s...
by Alexandra Jacoby | May 11, 2012 | Menstruation, Philosophy
“How come we even have a Society for Menstrual Cycle Research? Don’t we already know how it all works?” That’s what my friend said to me when I was telling him something about something that came up related to the Society. Well, do we? —Already know how it all works....
by Alexandra Jacoby | Apr 12, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
In last month’s blog post, I was thinking through why we weren’t supposed to talk about our bodies, and by the end of the post, it did seem to me that talking about our body-lives was a normal, sensible, useful, appropriate —just a big yes— thing to do. And, then it...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Mar 15, 2012 | Anatomy, Communication, Menstruation
Tell me again, why can’t we talk about body stuff? Your body is your home. It’s your medium of self-expression — your voice spoken and written, your hands gesturing, making things, touching someone, legs walking toward, running away from, hips dancing, butt sitting,...
