by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 14, 2012 | Internet
Cycle Harmony offers instructions for syncing your menstrual cycle with the cycle of the moon. Need more racism in your misogyny? Jezebel reports on products for vulva bleaching. An open letter, as only McSweeney’s can do an open letter: To the tiny white man...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 10, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation, Politics, Religion/Spirituality, Reproduction, Sex
Research by SMCR members Tomi-Ann Roberts and Nicki Dunnavan garnered a lot of attention this week. Stories showed up at Live Science – Why Why Women Should Bring Their Periods ‘Out of the Closet, popular ladyblog Jezebel – Your Period Is a Time for Deep...
by Heather Dillaway | Feb 2, 2012 | Celebrities, Internet, Media, Menstruation, Music
It was Etta, Christina, Los Angeles. Was that menstrual blood or a melting spray-on tan running down Christina Aguilera’s legs during her performance at Etta James’ memorial service last Saturday? The verdict is still out. Regardless, word on the internet is that...
by David Linton | Nov 21, 2011 | Activism, DIY, FemCare, Humor
Guest post by Michael Yazujian — Marymount Manhattan College Caitlin Weigel knits and sells tampon cozies on her Etsy site, a website where people can sell crafts that they make. These cozies are perfect for women who are trying to avoid humiliation who are also...
by David Linton | Oct 21, 2011 | magazines, Menstruation, Sex
Guest Post by Saniya Ghanoui Cosmopolitan is open about its coverage of sex. It is curious then that the coverage of period sex is limited and not as open or adventurous as other sex ideas found in the magazine. The message regarding period sex is simple: men must be...