Blood in the Menstrual Movement
Guest Post by Diana Álvarez “Are you the girl who drank her period blood?” This was a frequent question I was asked during the 21st Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, held in June, 2015, at Suffolk University in Boston. I had the...
Ms. November – Menstruation Pin-Up
Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. November: Pink Parachute Year: 2015 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis
Taking the Period Public: Weekend Links @re_Cycling_SMCR
It looks like menstrual activism is springing up all over the continent. We at re: Cycling launched an exploration of social and political menstrual activism at the beginning of October, just weeks before Cosmopolitan magazine noted 2015 as "The Year the Period Went...
From Innovation to Policy, Menstruation is Red Hot in Kenya
Guest Post by Danielle Keiser, WASH United WASH United, initiator of Menstrual Hygiene Day, has been working closely with the Kenyan government and local NGOs to establish a national policy around Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). Today we sat down with the team at...
Period Politics – Call or Write to Your Member of Congress!
Though getting anything through Congress these days is a daunting task, there is a piece of legislation that is of special interest to anyone concerned about women's health. It's a bill called The Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act (H.R. 1708),and it...
Menstrual activism still booming in Sweden
Guest Post by Josefin Persdotter: We just can’t get enough! As I have written before on this blog, Sweden has experienced what you might call a “menstrual revolution” since about the summer of 2013 as a multitude of menstrual-related initiatives, organizations, and...
