by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jan 14, 2014 | Health Care, History, Law/Legal, Men, Menstruation
Last year Russian lawmaker and LDPR party member Mikhail Degtyaryov proposed that women have two days paid leave from their work when they are menstruating. “During that period [of menstruation], most women experience psychological and physiological discomfort,” said...
by Laura Wershler | Jan 10, 2014 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Fertility, Menstruation, Ovulation
A month ago I was musing about what it might be like to blog about fun stuff like food, fashion or travel – you know, topics not quite so “fraught” as the menstrual cycle. Sometimes it feels like just so much work sharing facts and opinions about why body...
by David Linton | Jan 8, 2014 | Books, Film, Media, Men, Menstruation
In 1967 a new novel, Diary of a Mad Housewife by Sue Kaufman, struck a chord with Boomer Generation women, the post-war era’s cohort who were already the subject of Betty Friedan’s 1963 The Feminine Mystique and who are characterized today in...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Jan 6, 2014 | Communication, Men, Menstruation, Politics
Guest Post by Jennifer Aldoretta Women currently comprise approximately 46% of the workforce and 50% of college graduates in the United States. But if we look at the statistics for women holding “powerful” positions, we notice a stark difference: women make up 18.5%...
by Heather Dillaway | Jan 3, 2014 | Communication, Language, Menopause, Menstruation, Philosophy, Reproduction
A few years ago, in response to an article of mine on menopause, an editor encouraged me to think of women’s reproductive lives as “recursive”. Little did he know how much his comment would affect my thinking about women’s lives and life in general. Recursiveness is a...
by Chris Bobel | Dec 23, 2013 | Activism, Communication, Health Care, Menstruation, PMS
Scene 1 10: 45 am: A quiet Sunday morning, sunny and bright. Brunch on the patio. I sat with my daughter, my partner, and my niece. Over pastries and coffee, I experienced waves of menstrual contractions, coming steadily every 15 minutes. And I winced, swallowing my...
