by Heather Dillaway | Oct 13, 2011 | Communication, Internet, Media, Menopause, Newspapers
I get Google Alerts on “menopause” every Wednesday because it’s important that I know about the new bits of information popping up about the topic I research most. Most of the time, though, I’m frustrated with the discussion of menopause online and don’t pay attention...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 7, 2011 | Activism, Communication, Menstruation
Guest Post by Alexandra Epstein – Marymount Manhattan College. how school helped me come out of the menstrual closet Finally, the time had come where I was choosing my classes for my senior year of college. I had finished my required courses to complete my social work...
by Chris Bobel | Oct 3, 2011 | Communication, Humor, Language, Media, Menstruation
A friend shared this clip from stand-up comedian and actor Hal Sparks. He leads with this “I disagree—vehemently—with the use of the word “pussy” to describe a weak person. Because the vagina is the tougher of the two genitals…. by a long shot!” And...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 30, 2011 | Communication, Humor, Independent Film
Guest Post by Michael Yazujian, Marymount Manhattan College I found this sketch the other day when I was on www.ucbcomedy.com. It is by a sketch duo called Klepper and Grey, who are originally from Chicago, but now live in NYC. It is very similar to the “Her...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 29, 2011 | Communication, Menarche, Newspapers
Oh, Mr. Dad! Is that the best you can do? Mr. Dad is a syndicated parenting advice column in my local paper, and the September 26 edition featured a query from a dad worried that his 11-year-old daughter may begin menstruating while her mom is deployed overseas (she...
by David Linton | Aug 22, 2011 | Communication, magazines, Media, Menstruation
Long before the current fad in Reality TV shows that trade in humiliation and embarrassment, the prevailing menstrual culture inculcated in women a feeling that exposure of the fact that a period was in progress was a social catastrophe. However, just as “The Biggest...
