by Laura Wershler | Jul 30, 2015 | Activism, Sex
If you’ve been hearing about the “female Viagra” drug Flibanserin in the media over the past couple of months and wonder what it’s all about, Dr. Aaron Carroll at Healthcare Triage sets the record straight and tells you everything you need to know about...
by Laura Wershler | Jul 20, 2015 | Activism, Literature, Reusable menstrual products, SMCR2015
On June 6th, 2015, at the 21st Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research at the Centre for Women’s Health and Human Rights in Boston, conference participants celebrated with an Open Mic evening of Menstrual Poetry to close out #SMCR2015. This is...
by Laura Wershler | Jul 4, 2015 | Activism, Birth Control, Books, FemCare, Independent Film, Menstruation, New Research, Ovulation, Radio
Sweetening the Pill, the documentary Ricki Lake and Abby Eptsein are set to produce and direct, met it’s Kickstarter campaign goal on Friday, July 3rd, 2015, raising $119, 884 from 1750 backers to give the project the green light. The documentary was inspired by...
by Jen Lewis | Jul 1, 2015 | Activism, Art, Communication, Media
Guest Post by Jen Lewis Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. July: Truth & Perception Year: 2015 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis...
by Jen Lewis | Jun 3, 2015 | Activism, Art, Menstruation
Diana Alvarez I believe my project fulfills the call for art because I use menstrual fluid as the primary source for the art and encouraged participants to confront their discomforts with menstruation. Empowerment was my main goal with the art, both for myself and for...
by Jen Lewis | May 27, 2015 | Activism, Art, Menstruation
Derya Erdem My work takes a critical view of societal, political and cultural issues, focusing on identity, gender binary and the human mind. Reflecting the emotional dimensions of personal memories, collected histories, and cultural myths, I constantly search for...