Menstrual Marketing Around the Globe — Israel
Scary Little Menstruating Girl [note: Although re:Cycling has an international audience, the following post is written from the perspective of an North American consumer.] As is well known, cultural practices and attitudes regarding menstruation vary widely from place...
Contraceptive Ignorance, Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Period Photoshoot, and other Weekend Links
TLC is developing a new reality show about "extreme savers" and wants to talk with women who use cloth menstrual pads to save money. If you're interested, GladRags has the casting call. This could be a great opportunity for menstrual education, or it could be a...
Midlife Muddle — Own the Power of Naming
Guest Post by Jerilynn Prior, M.D. -- Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research By “midlife muddle” I don’t mean the trouble concentrating or remembering names that sometimes occurs for all of us (but more frequently if we’ve wakened with night sweats and not...
It’s National Women’s Health Week — Celebrate and Reminisce with the FDA
I admit, I didn't know that this is National Women's Health Week until I received a reminder in my inbox from a U.S. FDA mailing list, letting me know about the Food & Drug Administration's role in promoting Women's Health. They've published a brochure (available...
Are We Stalled?
What is worse? A problem unnamed or a problem named and denied as our own? In a recent class discussion, a (white) student shared that she while she was in high school (a racially diverse high school, she explained), “everybody got along and racism was not a problem.”...
Man boobs, Teen Sexuality, a Drug to Prevent HIV, and More Weekend Links
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) find that sexually active teen girls in the U.S. are choosing more effective contraception, and using it more consistently. The report also shows a increase in the number of girls who reported that they had never...
