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 David Linton | May 21, 2013 | Activism, Language, Literature
The World’s First Menstrual Poetry Slam, The Red Moon Howl, will occur the closing night of the SMCR conference, June 7, at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. Featuring the works of noted poets such as Lucille Clifton, Sharon Olds, Anne Sexton, and Ntozake...
by Mindy Erchull | Apr 3, 2013 | Anatomy, Language
A surprising amount of my time last week was spent thinking about vaginas. In part, this was because I had plans to attend the Friday night show of The Vagina Monologues on my campus. It’s always a great show, and this year, one of my students was directing it. ...
by Breanne Fahs | Mar 14, 2013 | Fertility, Menstruation
The repetition of all-things-pink=all-things-related-to-women’s-health has started to seriously irritate me. First, we had pink containers for birth control pills, followed by the pink repackaging of Prozac (renamed Sarafem) to treat “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder”...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 1, 2013 | Advertising, FemCare, Humor, Reusable menstrual products
Guest Post by Chella Quint, Adventures in Menstruating I saw a femcare ad that I actually liked. I know, right? I don’t even know who I am anymore. I’m kidding. I’m exactly the same person. It’s the ad that’s different. Now. I don’t promote individual femcare...
