by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 4, 2014 | Menstruation, Philosophy
re-blogging re:Cycling In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we are republishing some of our favorite posts. This post by Elizabeth Kissling originally appeared November 19, 2009. I think few people would consider menstruation per se a disability, with exceptions...
by Chris Bobel | Jun 16, 2014 | Activism, Anatomy, Birth Control, Books, Celebrities, Coming off the pill, Communication, DIY, FemCare, Fertility, Girls, Health Care, History, Hormones, Humor, Language, Law/Legal, Media, Men, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Meta, Motherhood, New Research, Objects, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical, Philosophy, PMS, Politics, Pregnancy, Religion/Spirituality, Reproduction, Sex, Sports, Theater, Toxic Shock Syndrome
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by Heather Dillaway | May 23, 2014 | Communication, Menopause, New Research, Perimenopause, Philosophy
A recent study by researchers at La Trobe University and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, suggests that working women “need more managerial support [while] going through menopause.” This “Women at Work” study explored the health and wellbeing of working...
by Heather Dillaway | Mar 27, 2014 | Communication, Health Care, Language, Menopause, New Research, Perimenopause, Philosophy
This month an important Sage research journal, Menopause International, “the flagship journal of the British Menopause Society (BMS),” changes its name to Post Reproductive Health. The Co-Editors of this journal are quoted in talking about this name change:...
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 Paula Derry | Sep 16, 2013 | Health Care, Menopause, Philosophy
What is a holistic approach to health? To me, this is something different than using bio-identical hormones, practicing yoga, or seeking help from an acupuncturist. Sometimes, practitioners using complementary/alternative or integrative-medicine methods have as...
