by David Linton | Oct 7, 2016 | Literature, Media
Surely our most probing and productive poet, especially when it comes to the period and what was once coyly called “the pudenda,” is Sharon Olds. Her latest paeans to the parts of women occur in her 2016 collection simply titled, Odes. The book was recently reviewed...
by Lauren Towles | Jun 30, 2016
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by Editor | Jun 29, 2016 | Communication, Literature, Research
David Linton, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Marymount Manhattan College When and/or why did you join the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research? As a scholar of communication and symbolic meaning, the social/cultural construction of the menstrual cycle is the most...
by David Linton | May 24, 2016 | Books, History
Menstruation in Early Modern England and Early Modern France Obviously, menstruation has been around a long time, and while its biological purpose has been constant, its cultural significance and social construction have taken on innumerable meanings across time and...
by David Linton | May 12, 2016 | Comedy, Communication, Media, Music, Television
It used to be that menstrual humor amounted to men making crass remarks about PMS and the world of stand up comedy was dominated by male performers. Well, not any more. In the last few years there seems to have been an explosion of young women comics doing stand-up...
