Novel approach to the menstrual cycle: State of Wonder, Part 2
This post was originally published at re:Cycling on March 6, 2015. State of Wonder–Part 2: Wondering about missing femcare products and birth control references In State of Wonder--Part 1, I mused as to why, in a novel revolving around the extended menstruation and...
Novel approach to the menstrual cycle: State of Wonder, Part 1
As re:Cycling explores media representation of the menstrual cycle, we've chosen to republish a three-part series I wrote about how author Ann Patchett uses the menstrual cycle as a major plot devise in her novel State of Wonder. Part 1 was originally published on...
Donald Trump wasn’t the first to get in trouble over menstrual talk
Much has been made of Donald Trump's snarky remark about how the journalist Megan Kelly spoke to him at the Republican candidates' debate on Aug. 6, 2015. And the news is dominated by stories about how social media are reshaping every aspect of our lives, not to...
Lizzy and the Light Below: Menstruation as a pillar of human culture
Guest Post by Jacqueline Thomas Having entered my Ph.D. program in English already aware of the general need to better prepare girls for menarche, I wrote Lizzy & the Light Below in the midst of my studies to give moms a tool for starting the conversation with...
Mediated Menstruation: The period in books, TV, film, comedy, etc.
Perhaps one of the most useful barometers of the social status of the menstrual cycle is the frequency and nature of its representation in public media. In the 1950s the three major TV network forbade the airing of ads for menstrual products, or “catamenial devices,”...
Ms. December – Menstruation Pin-Up
Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. December: Season's Bleedings Year: 2015 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis
