SMCR Member Profile: Researching attitudes and emotions toward menstruation
Tomi-Ann Roberts, PhD, Chair, Department of Psychology, Colorado College; BA, Smith College, 1985; PhD, Stanford University, 1990 When and why did you join the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research? I believe I joined SMCR in 2008 or 2009, because I discovered the...
SMCR Member Profile: Studying how ovulation and the menstrual cycle impact women’s health
Jerilynn C. Prior BA, MD; Professor of Medicine/Endocrinology at the University of British Columbia; Scientific Director of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research When and why did you join the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research? I joined SMCR at the...
SMCR Member Profile: Advancing respect for menstrual cycle research
Mindy J. Erchull, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychological Science at the University of Mary Washington (UMW) in Fredericksburg, VA When and why did you join the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research? I joined SMCR during my senior year of college (1997-98). I was...
Period positivity still has a way to go
Giuliana Serena critiques Newsweek's period stigma cover story Note: This piece was first published on MoontimeRising.com. It has been edited for length for this repost at Menstruation Matters. I was pleasantly surprised and cautiously optimistic when I caught sight...
SMCR’s re: Cycling becomes Menstruation Matters
May 28 is Menstrual Hygiene Day. All over the world events are planned in honor of this year's theme: Menstruation matters to everyone, everywhere. May 28, 2016, also marks the date that re: Cycling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, gets its new...
The Period in History: Two book reviews
Menstruation in Early Modern England and Early Modern France Obviously, menstruation has been around a long time, and while its biological purpose has been constant, its cultural significance and social construction have taken on innumerable meanings across time and...
