by Holly Grigg-Spall | May 14, 2014 | Activism, Anatomy, DIY, Health Care, Humor, Literature, Menstruation
In the past few weeks I have been meeting with women’s health activist Carol Downer to collaborate on a new book. She shared with me a work published in 1969 that was a catalyst for her development of the self-help movement and feminist women’s health clinics – ‘The...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | May 9, 2014 | Activism, Art, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jen Lewis Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. May: Blood & Bubbles Cycle: May 2013 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis...
by Heather Dillaway | Apr 24, 2014 | Communication, Disposable menstrual products, Humor, magazines, Menstruation, Motherhood
I was flipping through the May 2014 issue of Working Mother Magazine the other day and landed upon a small article about a working mother’s recent “faux pas”: on a “crazed morning” she accidentally packed her bag of tampons in her 7-year-old son’s camp bag and took...
by Breanne Fahs | Apr 18, 2014 | Activism, Books, Menstruation
In the past few weeks, I’ve been reflecting quite a lot about feminist rage, in part because I recently participated in a panel at New York University about feminist rage with philosopher Avital Ronell, American Studies scholar Lisa Duggan, and performance artist...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Apr 11, 2014 | Activism, Art, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jen Lewis Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. April: Galaxy Cycle: April 2013 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Apr 8, 2014 | Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Celebrities, Coming off the pill, Communication, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Health Care, Menarche, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical, Politics, Reusable menstrual products
A few weeks back I did an interview with Leslie Botha regarding the distribution of Depo Provera to women in developing countries. Recently Leslie shared with me an email she received from someone working in a family planning clinic in Karnataka, India. He described...
