by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 30, 2014 | Internet
Your period, day-by-day, with the women of M-TV’s Girl Code. Hospitals are less likely to encourage Black mothers to breastfeed. A lingerie company that specializes in ‘leak-proof’ underwear for menstruation and for new moms has been catching some...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 23, 2014 | Internet
1970s advertising flashback: Watch these ladies share a shameful secret, and pity them. Rebecca, regular contributor at xoJane, says she’s terrible at menstruating. She’s got a lot of company, as there are currently more than 400 comments. Here’s a...
by Heather Dillaway | Aug 22, 2014 | Hormones, magazines, Media, Men, Pharmaceutical
By now, everyone has probably seen this week’s TIME cover story. The magazine’s August 18th cover photo showed a topless, seemingly frumpy, middle-aged man worried about his loss of testosterone and (therefore) manhood under the title, “Manopause?! Aging, Insecurity...
by Breanne Fahs | Aug 19, 2014 | Activism, Media, Menstruation
On June 7, we posted a video of slam poet Dominique Christina performing a poem combating men’s shaming of women and their menstrual cycles. In the “Period Poem,” which she dedicated to her daughter, Christina encourages women who are confronted by men’s negativity...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 16, 2014 | Internet
What color is your menstrual blood? And what does it indicate about your cycle and your health? A newly published Swedish study reports the risk of combined hormonal contraception raises the risk of venous thromboembolism fivefold compared to the control group....
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Aug 15, 2014 | Activism, Art, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jen Lewis Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. August: Red Reeds Cycle: August 2013 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis...
