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In celebration of #MHMday, a thread of some of the most exciting scholarship on menstruation to emerge in recent years: #Menstruationmatters
Professor Sharra Vostral's book on the history of Toxic Shock Syndrome. Ever used a tampon and seen the 'you-could-die-of-TSS' warnings? this is for you. https://nyupress.org/9781479815494/toxic-shock/
The brilliant @ChrisBobel latest book explores menstrual 'management' in the Global South. A really thoughtful analysis of NGOs, the menstrual 'technology fix' and girlhood https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319894133
A careful, important article on menstruation and the holocaust by @allthingsjo_ : https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/menstruation-and-holocaust
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstrual Studies will be published soon, and no doubt galvanize the field! A collection of menstrual experts from different backgrounds and a pioneering publication. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811506130
On any list of exciting menstrual research, Harry Finley and his Museum of Menstruation should be included: http://www.mum.org/
The establishment of the @menstruationRN was a personal highlight, and our website is full of exciting scholars, activists, artists and thinkers: https://menstruationresearchnetwork.co.uk/
The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research conference in Colorado was fantastic! The society's website is full of fascinating presentations, documents, white papers, blog posts and more: https://www.menstruationresearch.org/
In terms of corporate menstrual history, @sophieelmhirst article on Tampax remains key reading: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/11/tampon-wars-the-battle-to-overthrow-the-tampax-empire
And menstrual activists have been doing impressive work to change direction as the pandemic hit. The rallying cry 'periods don't stop for pandemics' is here to remind us that menstruation matters! https://mhhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DfG_PandemicFlyer_B-2.pdf
It's been fascinating to read Dr Pavel Vasilyev's work on menstruation in the Soviet Union: https://polonsky.vanleer.org.il/dr-pavel-vasilyev/
I've been lucky to get a bit of insight into two recent doctoral thesis by @laraowen (management studies) and @BeeHughes_ (art/art history)! I have a feeling both will be books soon - can't wait!
And I can't wait to read @MariaKTomlinson research project, 'Menstruation and the Media: Reducing Stigma and Tackling Period Poverty'. We need to know much more about the role of activists in building menstrual momentum in the 2010s and beyond: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/staff/maria-tomlinson
On disability and pain as related to the menstrual cycle, I've learnt so much from working with @katesang this year. Her article on gynaecological health in academia seems even more important now: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/gynaecological-health-academia-many-are-suffering-silence
The @Wen_UK (Women's environmental network) have been doing some brilliant reporting, activisting and research too. Their 'environmenstrual' week continues to push for greener periods and choice for consumers: https://www.wen.org.uk/
Julie Hennegan's article on women and girls' experience of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries, provides an informative and sobering review of the current situation: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002803
Berkeley Kate's brilliant 'Menstruation Now: What does blood perform?' is a fantastic edited collection about menstrual popular culture, art and media: https://demeterpress.org/books/menstruation-now-what-does-blood-perform/
This article on menstrual cup safety, 'Menstrual cup use, leakage, acceptability, safety, and availability: a systematic review and meta-analysis', made headlines when it was published: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(19)30111-2/fulltext
And I've been learning much more about sports science this year, inspired by @GBruinvels pioneering research about athletes and menstruation, and @SarahZipp socio-cultural analysis of menstrual habits and activity.
For analysis of menstruation, feminism and queer studies, you must read Prof Breanne Fahs book 'Out For Blood: Essays on Menstruation and Resistance'. But you also need to read Fahs latest book, a brilliant feminist manifesto: http://www.breannefahs.com/
That's just some of the scholarship and activity though. Critical Menstrual Studies is growing so quickly and beautifully that this list could go on forever. #MenstruationMatters #MHMDay2020
