Because Health Care Reform Is A Women’s Issue
Our readers outside the U.S. may want to just skip over this post. I've been watching what passes for debate over health care reform in the U.S. for months now, and it's making me increasingly cranky. I suppose I've known for years that political decision making is...
First, do no harm
When a link to this study, which found that the higher a patient's BMI, the lower their physician's respect for them, showed up in my Twitter feed yesterday (thanks, Michelle), I started connecting some dots. Women delay seeking treatment for menstrual pain due in...
In Search of the “Normal” Vagina….
Guest Post by Alexandra Jacoby, independent artist Since September 2000, I’ve been capturing a glimpse of women’s most private selves. So private that most women have not seen their own, much less others. I’ve been making vagina portraits. They are close-up,...
“Happy It’s Here”
Proctor and Gamble has just launched a new internet campaign in Singapore for their menstrual pads. The flash-heavy website tells why girls are Happy It's Here : Happy, confident, and loving life. You know what you want and where you want to go next. You feel...
Women, Men, and PMDD
A new study published in a recent issue of Women & Therapy finds problems with the diagnostic criteria for PMDD. No surprise - feminist psychologists, researchers within the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, and many others have repeatedly criticized the...
Blood on Screen: The most popular title for menstrual artwork is…
The third film in the Blood on Screen series is Camille Holder Brown’s award winning A Period Piece (2005). I know of at least two other films and one sculptural artwork that use this title. Yet despite the ubiquitous pun, each work has an equally clever take on the...
