by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 22, 2014 | Internet
Cunt has been in Oxford English Dictionary since 1972, and feminist debates about whether the word can be reclaimed go back at least as far. Many re:Cycling readers know this monologue (video at right) from Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues. This year, OED has...
by Chris Bobel | Mar 17, 2014 | Activism, Anatomy, Communication, Independent Film, Internet, Menstruation, Objects
Readers—I need your help! Next month, I will participate in a friendly debate at the Museum of Modern Art about Sputniko!’s provocative piece “Menstrutation Machine.” We’ve written about Menstruation Machine on re:Cycling before. In short, the metal device is equipped...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 15, 2014 | Internet
After 15 years of providing outstanding support and resources for young people, the sex/sexuality education site Scarleteen is in financial crisis. If you can donate, please do so. Rose George has followed up on her 2012 New York Times piece about menstrual taboo in...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 8, 2014 | Internet
We wrote about Arunachalam Muruganantham’s story back in December, 2011, but he’s in the news again, in much more detail at BBC News, as Menstrual Man, the film about his invention, has been released. (If the trailer is not visible at right, click through...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 1, 2014 | Internet
This week, Bill O’Reilly apparently mouthed off about how there must be a “downside to having a woman president” and hinted at menstrual cycles. Comic Hari Kondabolu tweeted his response (relevant bit starts at 1:47). Congress and the Food and Drug...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 22, 2014 | Internet
Can you get pregnant from period sex? New York City isn’t doing so well when it comes to preventing STIs: 68.2 percent of NYC residents say they didn’t use a condom the last time they had sex. Even more residents of Brooklyn do it sans protection: 85.8 percent....
