Menstruation Gets Blamed for Everything!
In Gore Vidal’s 2006 memoir, Point to Point Navigation, he name drops his way through more than four decades of a very interesting life with great stories about the famous and notorious folks who crossed his path. One tale is related by his stepmother, Kit, about her...
“It means there’s blood flowing out of my uterus!”
httpv://youtu.be/FTEOpEGvcKASo says 15-year-old Judy to her boyfriend Johnny on the occasion of her first period, in this vintage film about menstruation, Linda's Film About Menstruation. This 18-minute treasure was produced in 1974 by the Creative Artists Public...
Sustainable Cycles
Sarah Konner and Toni Craigie Bicycle Down the West Coast, Live on $4 a Day, and Talk to People about Sustainable Menstrual Products. Hear, in their own words, what they did and why it matters. These gals are our menstrual sheroes! Our Project Over a lifetime, the...
Weekend Links
What have you been doing with your weekends without the latest in menstruation and women's health news to read?!? What you should know about (bi)cycling while (menstrual) cycling. o.b. tampons, a Johnson & Johnson product, has launched a new campaign to provide...
Some recent news about Hot Flushes and Night Sweats
Prevalence of Hot Flushes and Night Sweats in UK women 54-65 In a new, large (over 10 000 women) survey of UK women aged 54-65, Myra Hunter and colleagues reported on the proportion of women who have hot flushes and night sweats (HF/NS), and on how frequent and...
Cosmopolitan, the Sex Magazine That Won’t Talk About (Period) Sex
Guest Post by Saniya Ghanoui Cosmopolitan is open about its coverage of sex. It is curious then that the coverage of period sex is limited and not as open or adventurous as other sex ideas found in the magazine. The message regarding period sex is simple: men must be...