by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jul 30, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, FemCare, Health Care, History, Menstruation, Politics
The second week of July began with a post at The Daily Beast titled ‘Are Tampons Anti-Feminist’ and ended with my own post for Dame ‘5 Facts About Menstrual Suppression.’ In between there was ‘Not Everything is a Feminist Issue for Chissakes,’ and ‘I Do Not Think...
by David Linton | Jun 27, 2013 | Activism, Celebrities, Menstruation
“I can’t tell you how glad I am that you exist.” —Gloria Steinem on the SMCR. A few weeks ago the SMCR presented its first Making Menstruation Matter Award to Gloria Steinem at its biennial conference at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. The full video of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 13, 2013 | Activism
As our regular readers now know, the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research held its 20th biennial meeting last week in New York. Over the next few weeks, you can expect to see several posts about new research and other exciting events of that conference (yes, the Red...
by Chris Bobel | Jun 10, 2013 | Activism, Menstruation
Guest Post by Danielle I. Keiser, WASH United gGmbH/Berlin, Germany From May #MENSTRAVAGANZA to Menstrual Hygiene Day: WASH United is Turning Up the Volume and Helping Breaking the Silence Did you hear about May #MENSTRAVAGANZA? It was truly menstravagant. It was the...
by Laura Wershler | May 1, 2013 | Communication, Girls, magazines, Menarche, Menstruation
How do girls learn about menstruation today? Who talks to them? Who do they talk to? Or do most girls rely on the Internet for information about periods? Take this article by Elizabeth (bylines are first names only) – What I Wish I Knew About My Period – posted last...
