by Elizabeth Kissling | May 19, 2012 | Internet, Menstruation
TLC is developing a new reality show about “extreme savers” and wants to talk with women who use cloth menstrual pads to save money. If you’re interested, GladRags has the casting call. This could be a great opportunity for menstrual education, or it...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 17, 2012 | Hormones, Language, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Guest Post by Jerilynn Prior, M.D. — Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research By “midlife muddle” I don’t mean the trouble concentrating or remembering names that sometimes occurs for all of us (but more frequently if we’ve wakened with night sweats and...
by Chris Bobel | May 14, 2012 | Advertising, Communication, FemCare, Menstruation
What is worse? A problem unnamed or a problem named and denied as our own? In a recent class discussion, a (white) student shared that she while she was in high school (a racially diverse high school, she explained), “everybody got along and racism was not a problem.”...
by Alexandra Jacoby | May 11, 2012 | Menstruation, Philosophy
“How come we even have a Society for Menstrual Cycle Research? Don’t we already know how it all works?” That’s what my friend said to me when I was telling him something about something that came up related to the Society. Well, do we? —Already know how it all works....
by David Linton | May 8, 2012 | Communication, magazines, Media, Menstruation
Our recent Weekend Links post referred to a cheesy piece in Cosmopolitan magazine about stupid and offensive remarks that have been said to women by their ob/gyn. At about the same time, Redbook‘s May 2012, issue had an article by another ob/gyn, Dr. Hilda...
by Paula Derry | Apr 30, 2012 | Hormones, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Reproduction
Visiting colleges became part of our repertoire of family trips back when my daughter was a senior in high school. We visited many schools to get a sense of the range of possibilities that existed. As was typical, Vassar offered a tour of the campus for groups of...
