by Editor | Nov 7, 2015 | Activism
This weekend we offer two extremely different examples of how menstruation is being referenced in social and political activism. 1. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, is a menstrual activist. In an article for The Atlantic, headlined Let Girls Learn,...
by Editor | Nov 5, 2015 | Activism, Art
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...
by David Linton | Oct 31, 2015 | Activism, magazines, Media
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...
by Editor | Oct 29, 2015 | Activism, Menstrual Hygiene Management
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...
by David Linton | Oct 15, 2015 | Activism, Health Care, Law/Legal, Toxic Shock Syndrome
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....
by Editor | Oct 12, 2015 | Activism, Literature
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...
