by David Linton | Feb 14, 2013 | Celebrities, Media, Menstruation, Music
Guest Post by Saniya Ghanoui, New York University Perhaps the most well-known song that addresses menstruation is Ani DiFranco’s “Blood in the Boardroom,” a nearly four-minute narrative about a woman getting her period while sitting in a male-dominated business...
by Chris Bobel | Jan 21, 2013 | Activism, Communication, Film, Independent Film, Internet, Media
I am demoralized. The gang rapes in Delhi India and Steubenville Ohio and EVERYHERE, ALL THE TIME, have me feeling hopeless and fatigued. Soon, I will face 30 undergraduates in my introductory Women’s Studies class, and I will, again, attempt to contextualize rape and...
by Breanne Fahs | Jan 17, 2013 | Communication, Menstruation
During my more rugged travel experiences, I have often found myself confronted with the formidable task of facing the limitations and boundaries of my physical self. While in India, for example, I often had to contemplate the dilemmas of drinking water (and therefore...
by Heather Dillaway | Jan 3, 2013 | Communication, Media, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Sometimes I think biomedical researchers and media spokespersons are just searching to find the pathology in our lives. Not that we don’t know this already, especially when it comes to women’s health. Because of how medicalization works, of course anything that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 26, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
I got a bit snippy with a new reader in our comments recently. I didn’t mean to, and I sure hope I didn’t drive anyone away from re:Cycling. But after 20 years of studying, writing, talking, and reading menstruation research, I’ve grown weary of...
