by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 7, 2013 | Advertising, FemCare, Menstruation, Music, Reusable menstrual products
Guest Post by Chella Quint, Adventures in Menstruating So I like the new Mooncup ad for lots and lots of period positive reasons. Here it is again: I watched it, I enjoyed it, I shared it, but I couldn’t ignore this other blog post title forming in my head after the...
by Laura Wershler | Feb 6, 2013 | Activism, Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Author’s Update, February 14, 2013: As clarified by Bedsider.org in the comments section below, the Works Like A Charm Contest mentioned in this post is not current but ended in 2011. The contest website pages are now inactive. If Bedsider.org sponsored a...
by Paula Derry | Feb 4, 2013 | Menarche, Menstruation
What does it mean to have menstrual periods? This is an intensely personal question, but it is also a scientific and a cultural one. The menstrual cycle can, of course, be described in terms of a woman’s personal experience of menstrual flow. It can also be described...
by David Linton | Jan 29, 2013 | Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation
It was probably inevitable that the success of Amazon, I-Tunes, Domino’s Pizza, and a plethora of home delivery and on-demand food services would spawn a menstrual product service industry. And here it is, the NetFlix of menstruation: Le Parcel. Le Parcel acts...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 23, 2013 | Activism, Internet, Menstruation
In keeping with the theme of Chris’ Monday post about antidotes to feminist fatigue, I offer vlogger (that’s short for video blogger to those of you who live most of your lives off-line) Laci Green’s newest video, which is about being Period...
by Breanne Fahs | Jan 17, 2013 | Communication, Menstruation
During my more rugged travel experiences, I have often found myself confronted with the formidable task of facing the limitations and boundaries of my physical self. While in India, for example, I often had to contemplate the dilemmas of drinking water (and therefore...
