by Chris Hitchcock | Oct 8, 2009 | Birth Control, New Research, Pharmaceutical
In a review article in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, University of Sheffield researchers Alexandra Alvergne and Virpi Lummaa [1] present a range of evidence that using oral contraceptives influences women’s preferences for mates, and men’s sexual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 8, 2009 | Internet, PMS
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College A lot of ideas get hatched in a bar over drinks with friends. Most don’t make it past the sober morning after. But a conversation in a Denver bistro in 2008 led to the creation of a new Internet service that...
by Chris Bobel | Oct 7, 2009 | Activism, Communication, Internet, Media, Menstruation, New Research
3 features in 4 days 160 comments plus another 120 plus another 39 and still they post... MENSTRUAL ACTIVISM has hit a nerve! On Friday, The Guardian published a story on menstrual activism which featured a photograph of a woman with *menstrual blood* on her lips (a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 6, 2009 | Media
Who knows everything about the world, is fluent in every language, and knows all your secrets? That’s right – it’s The Period Fairy. This amusing caricature was created by Stephanie Crippen-Myrick to bring a little levity to menstruation. The first...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 3, 2009 | Activism, Communication, Newspapers
I was quite excited to see our own Chris Bobel and Giovanna Chesler quoted in this piece from The Guardian about menstrual activism, and then to discover that the Guardian published a second piece the same day about menstruation: Rowena Davis explains What My Period...