by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 15, 2014 | Internet
After 15 years of providing outstanding support and resources for young people, the sex/sexuality education site Scarleteen is in financial crisis. If you can donate, please do so. Rose George has followed up on her 2012 New York Times piece about menstrual taboo in...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Mar 10, 2014 | Communication, Media, Menarche, Menstruation
For those living in or around New York City, the New York Public Library currently has an exhibition called “The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter.” As the title suggests, the exhibit looks at popular children’s stories—consisting of The Wizard of Oz and Mary...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 8, 2014 | Internet
We wrote about Arunachalam Muruganantham’s story back in December, 2011, but he’s in the news again, in much more detail at BBC News, as Menstrual Man, the film about his invention, has been released. (If the trailer is not visible at right, click through...
by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Mar 6, 2014 | Film, Media, Menarche, Menstruation
David Linton and Saniya Lee Ghanoui Since its publication in 1974, Steven King’s story of a young girl whose telekinetic powers are activated by a humiliating menstrual experience has fascinated readers, movie goers, and theater audiences ever since. Now, with...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 1, 2014 | Internet
This week, Bill O’Reilly apparently mouthed off about how there must be a “downside to having a woman president” and hinted at menstrual cycles. Comic Hari Kondabolu tweeted his response (relevant bit starts at 1:47). Congress and the Food and Drug...
