by David Linton | May 8, 2012 | Communication, magazines, Media, Menstruation
Our recent Weekend Links post referred to a cheesy piece in Cosmopolitan magazine about stupid and offensive remarks that have been said to women by their ob/gyn. At about the same time, Redbook‘s May 2012, issue had an article by another ob/gyn, Dr. Hilda...
by Heather Dillaway | Apr 26, 2012 | Communication, Internet, Media, Menopause
Lately I’m fed up with the kinds of articles and news items that cross my desk (or computer screen) about perimenopause and menopause. So much of the news on this midlife transition seems negative. I hear about the new treatments for (unbearable) hot flashes or...
by Chris Bobel | Apr 16, 2012 | Activism, Girls, Menarche, Menstruation
For the last decade or so, like so many others who read and write for this blog, I have been researching, reading and writing about how we think, talk and act (out) about menstruation. My particular interest is the various interventions that some brave activists make...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Apr 12, 2012 | Communication, Menstruation
In last month’s blog post, I was thinking through why we weren’t supposed to talk about our bodies, and by the end of the post, it did seem to me that talking about our body-lives was a normal, sensible, useful, appropriate —just a big yes— thing to do. And, then it...
by David Linton | Apr 10, 2012 | Communication, Humor, Internet, Media, Menstruation
Guest Post by Alexandra Epstein A series of videos on YouTube have taken stereotypes to a whole new level. Not only is ‘Shit Girls Say’ sexist, but it has created an empire of homemade ‘Shit (insert proper noun here) Say’ videos stereotyping hundreds of categories....
