by Editor | Nov 21, 2016 | Disposable menstrual products, FemCare
Alyssa Bertram, CEO and Founder of easy. Easy. is a subscription delivery service for 100 percent organic cotton menstrual hygiene products. We deliver quarterly to women’s doors across Canada and the United States. We serve to empower women both locally and...
by Sophie Zivku | Nov 19, 2016 | Advertising, FemCare, Men, Menstrual education
No matter how far we may come with menstrual advocacy, the world never ceases to surprise us with moments that make us ask ourselves “what year is it again?” Ryan Williams, a teen “meninist” in the UK created quite the conversation on Twitter when he weighed in on the...
by Chris Bobel | Nov 12, 2016 | Activism
In the aftermath of the U.S. Presidential election, it is hard to find the strength to adhere to our day-to-day work as menstrual health advocates, champions, researchers, teachers, and etc. Some of us doubt that our work is relevant enough or urgent enough to matter...
by Editor | Nov 3, 2016 | Activism, Menstrual education
Guest Post by Kelsey Knight and Emily Varnam For three months this year, Kelsey and Emily, a doula and nurse duo, traversed the United States by car offering free reproductive health classes in over 60 locations. They called the project The Fifth Vital Sign, and...
by Breanne Fahs | Oct 28, 2016 | Activism, Psychology
Excerpt from Out for Blood: Essays on Menstruation and Resistance, by Breanne Fahs SUNY Press, November, 2016 In 2012 Petra Collins, an outspoken artist and activist, designed a t-shirt for American Apparel that depicted a hairy menstruating vulva with fingers...