by Editor | Jul 30, 2016 | Activism, Sports
Fight against the tampon tax ongoing: If 2015 was the year of the period, 2016 is looking to be the year of menstrual legislation. Women are fighting back and menstrual activism is on the rise! A class action lawsuit has been filed by a Tampa, FL woman against major...
by Editor | Jul 1, 2016 | Activism, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Research
COMMENTARY by Sinu Joseph, Managing Trustee, Mythri Speaks Trust We—activists, journalists, social workers and the new breed of social entrepreneurs who use menstruation to make a living—like to think that the work we do is very important, especially if it caters to...
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 Editor | May 31, 2016 | Communication, Media
Giuliana Serena critiques Newsweek’s period stigma cover story Note: This piece was first published on MoontimeRising.com. It has been edited for length for this repost at Menstruation Matters. I was pleasantly surprised and cautiously optimistic when I caught...
by Laura Wershler | May 28, 2016 | Menstruation
May 28 is Menstrual Hygiene Day. All over the world events are planned in honor of this year’s theme: Menstruation matters to everyone, everywhere. May 28, 2016, also marks the date that re: Cycling, the blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, gets...
