by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 16, 2014 | Internet
What color is your menstrual blood? And what does it indicate about your cycle and your health? A newly published Swedish study reports the risk of combined hormonal contraception raises the risk of venous thromboembolism fivefold compared to the control group....
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Aug 15, 2014 | Activism, Art, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Jen Lewis Beauty in Blood Presents Ms. August: Red Reeds Cycle: August 2013 Menstrual Designer: Jen Lewis Photographer: Rob Lewis...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 14, 2014 | Celebrities, Film, Media, Menstruation, Studio Film
re-blogging re:Cycling In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we are republishing some of our favorite posts. This post originally appeared July 2, 2009. As I’ve written elsewhere, entertainment media in the U.S. aren’t squeamish about showing us blood:...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Aug 12, 2014 | Activism, Art, Media
Guest Post by Jenny Lapekas I’ve noticed for quite some time now that on social media sites, along with news articles that allow readers to comment, users attack menstrual artwork, claiming it’s disgusting and meaningless, and certainly not feminist. No surprise...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 11, 2014
2013 Conference Highlights At our 20th biennial meeting in New York, at Marymount Manhattan College, the first “Making Menstruation Matter” award was bestowed on Gloria Steinem, author of the classic piece, “If Men Could Menstruate.” Ms. Steinem not only received an...