by Chris Bobel | Mar 18, 2013 | Advertising, Birth Control, Communication, Film, Girls, Health Care, Humor, Independent Film, Internet, Language, Media, Pharmaceutical, Pregnancy, Reproduction
Seen this one yet? (or the (eerily) related “Birth Control on the Bottom“?) We posted “Sassy Girlz Candy Birth Control Pills” (written by Carissa Leone in 2011) in our regular installment Weekend Links on Feb 2. I had a mixed reaction. And when a...
by Chris Bobel | Jan 21, 2013 | Activism, Communication, Film, Independent Film, Internet, Media
I am demoralized. The gang rapes in Delhi India and Steubenville Ohio and EVERYHERE, ALL THE TIME, have me feeling hopeless and fatigued. Soon, I will face 30 undergraduates in my introductory Women’s Studies class, and I will, again, attempt to contextualize rape and...
by David Linton | Sep 11, 2012 | History, Independent Film, Menstruation
If ever there was a woman in history deserving of more attention, certainly Hypatia of Alexandria is one. Not only was this fifth century (CE) scholar a noted mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (her father, Theon, was the last head of the Museum at Alexandria...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 18, 2012 | Film, Media, Menstruation, Television
Guest Post by Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne Exploring missing menstruation on screen Periods are depicted far more often on screen than I could have ever imagined; perhaps the biggest surprise I got from spending a year researching the topic. Less...
by Chris Bobel | Mar 19, 2012 | Activism, Film, Independent Film, Media, Menstruation, Religion/Spirituality
What would the world be like if young women were mentored by older women? What would the world be like if we knew we had a place for our stories to be told? So intones the voiceover at the start of the trailer of a forthcoming film. And it is right on time. The recent...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 29, 2012 | Film, Independent Film, Literature, Menstruation
Guest Post by Lydia Aponte — Marymount Manhattan College In Professor David Linton’s Social Construction and Images of Menstruation course, our class watched two documentaries involving menstruation and menstrual suppression. Both Period: The End of...
