by Heather Dillaway | Oct 6, 2010 | Film, Independent Film, Media, Menopause
Okay, I haven’t seen the film in full yet. And, yes, I’ll admit right up front that I’m not menopausal yet. And for many readers this may be enough to discount what I might say here, but…. I have interviewed quite a number of menopausal women in the last ten years...
by Giovanna Chesler | Aug 2, 2010 | Film, Independent Film, Menstruation, Religion/Spirituality
Red Moon: Menstruation, Culture and the Politics of Gender may have crossed your path as The Moon Inside You (its original title prior to 2010 its current distribution through Media Education Foundation). It is a film that has enjoyed wide release, with exhibition on...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 15, 2010 | Anatomy, Communication, Film, Independent Film, magazines, Media
In Therese Shechter’s guest-post about the German teen magazine feature article, “Every Vulva Is Different”, she noted that we’re unlikely to see such an explicit, body-positive article in a U.S. teen magazine. Therese, as usual, knows what...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 9, 2010 | Independent Film
All the way to $10,000, that is. Work on the new production from Trixie Films, How to Lose Your Virginity, is nearly complete. This film promises to be an innovative exploration of the American obsession with virginity and an outstanding classroom teaching tool:...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 1, 2010 | Film, Independent Film, Media, Menarche, Studio Film
I’m not an expert in Japanese anime films, but I am pretty knowledgeable about the representation of menstruation and menarche in films in the English-speaking world, especially the U.S. So I was surprised to read in this review/story about the Isao Takahata...
by Giovanna Chesler | Mar 23, 2010 | Celebrities, Independent Film, Internet, Menarche, Menstruation, Music
Last July we posted photos from an unnamed film set where Dakota Fanning stood, ready for camera, with blood running down her thighs and a blood stain on the back of her skirt. Were these menstrual markings or the next era of horror film misogyny? The answer can be...
