by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 19, 2013 | Internet
A new study has found workers in plants that manufacture LCD (liquid crystal display) have shortened menstrual cycles. This is considered preliminary research, as little is known about the long-term effects of such exposure in humans. However, many chemical agents...
by David Linton | Jan 1, 2013 | Books, Literature, Menstruation
One way of telling how comfortable a man is with the biological facts of women’s lives is how he responds to calls for him to go shopping for menstrual products or to have physical contact with a woman’s menses. Depictions of this challenge have occasionally...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 29, 2012 | Internet
Seven tips to help your cloth pads last longer, from Glad Rags. Increasing restrictions on abortion access have led to a rise in DIY abortions. The Great Wall of Vagina is pretty much what it sounds like: A nine-meter-long polyptych consisting of 400 plaster casts of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 28, 2012 | Media, Menstruation, Sex, Television
Guest Post by Lauren Rosewarne Courtney Cox shocked America in 1985 when she became the first person to say “period” on TV. Period, at least, in the context of menstruation and not punctuation. Tampax, 1985-style Flash forward a couple of decades and...
by Laura Wershler | Nov 14, 2012 | Activism, Communication, FemCare, Girls, Internet, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Perimenopause, Reusable menstrual products, Toxic Shock Syndrome
Bloggers at re:Cycling often challenge and invite readers to open up and talk about our menstrual experiences. In a September post, Heather Dillaway asked : “Why don’t we talk about the important variations in our menstrual cycles?” In another, she wrote about the...
