by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 12, 2010 | Activism, DIY, Internet, zine
Ariel of Cephaloblog is giving away five copies of Cathy Leamy’s “totally cute, funny and informative comic on eco-friendly solutions for that time of the month“. To win, you just need to add a comment to her blog post (first link above) explaining...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 9, 2010 | Activism, DIY, FemCare, Menstruation
We’ve mentioned Elizabeth Scharpf’s SHE (Sustainable Health Enterprises) at re:Cycling before. In 2009, Scharpf won the inaugural Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship for her project helping local women in developing countries...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 29, 2009 | Activism, DIY, Humor, zine
If you’re anywhere near NYC, don’t miss this opportunity to see our friend Chella Quint perform tonight at Bluestockings. She will be reading from Issue #5 of Adventures in Menstruating, her awesome period-powered zine, at 7pm on Tuesday, December 29th, at...
by Laura Wershler | Dec 22, 2009 | Activism, Advertising, Birth Control, Girls, Health Care, Language, magazines, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
In a December 21, 2009 news release the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) proclaimed that “hormonal contraceptives offer benefits beyond pregnancy prevention“. You’d have to be an ostrich with her head in the sand not to have...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 18, 2009 | Activism, Advertising, DIY, FemCare, Menstruation
*(I really did type “cosmetetical”. Readers under the age of 40 and/or outside the U.S. can find the origin of the term here.) Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College Here’s where exploitation and menstrual activism crash into each other. ...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 16, 2009 | Activism, FemCare, Menstruation
Guest Post by Kaitlyn Elliott, The Cycle Sisters at St. Mary’s College of California 14 September 2009 A brief twenty-four hours ago we stormed campus, with 350 flyers and two rolls of packing tape in our collective hands. Detailed within are our intentions,...
