What can we learn from women who share their bad experiences with Depo-Provera?
In September, 2015, I participated in a panel on advocacy journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. As a journalism student there in 2010-2011, I became known as the women’s health writer, the one with a background in sexual and reproductive health....
Cycling towards menstrual liberation
Guest Post by Rosie Sheb'a From March to June, 2015, seven women from Sustainable Cycles rode across America to give workshops on reusable menstrual products, break menstrual taboos and stigmas, and present what they learned on the journey at the 21st Biennial...
Will this 2015 menstrual moment make room for all bodies?
This post was first published under the title The Year the Period Went Public on November 12, 2015 on Gender & Society, a publication of Sociologists for Women in Society. It is crossposted here with permission. By Chris Bobel In this month’s issue, Cosmopolitan...
How Donald Trump learned that #periodsarenotaninsult
Bleeding on Donald Trump's Face Recent events in the political circus of the Republican party have highlighted Donald Trump’s disdain for women and his overwhelming tendencies to embarrass himself and his “party.” In an interesting twist of events, menstrual cycles...
The Tampon Gun: An interview with anti-violence artist-activist Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch
When guerrilla art meets activism, monumental action can occur. Here Menstrual Designer Jen Lewis interviews fellow artist Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch about the activist vision behind Bloch's engaging banner Stop the Flow of Violence. PERIOD. Read on to find out...
Michelle Obama-Menstrual Activist, and other Weekend Links
This weekend we offer two extremely different examples of how menstruation is being referenced in social and political activism. 1. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, is a menstrual activist. In an article for The Atlantic, headlined Let Girls Learn,...
