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Critical Menstrual Studies is an interdisciplinary field of research that investigates all aspects of menstruation and the menstrual cycle. It was defined in 2020 by the publication of the academic interdisciplinary book The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies
[1] .
Despite its new classification, Critical Menstrual Studies acknowledges its heritage in academic research from the US-based
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, and several other menstrual research centres that have emerged since the 1960s.
List of Critical Menstrual Studies topics
History
Timelines:
History of menstrual products
Natural fibres, moss
Knitted products
Looped towels and pins, belts
Adhesive pads
Tampons (applicator and non-applicator)
Organic products
Sustainable products
Cloth pads
Menstrual cups
Reusable tampon applicator
Period underwear
Freebleeding
Timeline of cultural/medical developments surrounding menstruation
Timeline of menstrual activism
Campaigns to include menstruation in school education during 1900s
Second Wave Feminist activism
2010s increase in menstrual activism
Environmental impact awareness
Menstrual politics and activism
Implementation of menstrual provision legislation
Scotland
[3]
Kenya
UK
Canada
Period poverty concept and related [Period Dignity concept](Note, Monica Lennon calls herself a Period Dignity campaigner, not Period poverty)
Inclusive Menstruation
Gender Identity and Menstruation
Queering Menstruation: Trans and Non‐Binary Identity and Body Politics, Sarah E. Frank
[4]
Queer periods: attitudes toward and experiences with menstruation in the masculine of centre and transgender community, Joan C. Chrisler et.al
[5]
Campaigns to end menstrual stigma
'Let's call periods, periods' and #TalkPeriods, Scottish government campaign, 2019, Scotland
[6]
Menstrual art as activism
Stockholm subway by Liv Stromquist
[7]
Menstrual activism campaigns
Menstrual Equity
Removal of "tampon tax" (Jennifer Weiss-Wolf)
Period Equity, menstrual equity legal organization
MyAlwaysExperience
EndPeriodPoverty
Campaigns for safer menstrual products
Feminism and Menstruation
Menstruation in feminist theory
Biology
Menstrual lifestages
Medical symptoms associated with menstruation
Technology and products
Sociology
Access to menstrual products
By country
By setting
Prison
School
Hospitals
Workplaces
Higher education
Religious settings
War zones and refugees
Homelessness
Menstruation and the Media
Menstrual product advertising
Common tropes in menstrual advertising
Menstruation on Social Media
Controversies
Influencers
Maria Carmen Punzi, Menstrual Health Researcher
Nadya Okamato , founder of PERIOD.
Rupi Kaur : Freebleeding Photoseries and Related Controversy
[10]
[11]
[12]
Kasey Robinson, creator of Proud of My Period Instagram
[13]
Menstruation in the Workplace
Menstrual leave
Menstrual flexibility
Menstrual and menopausal workplace policies
UK government APPG
Menstruation and Sport
People
Notable academic researchers (alphabetical order)
Mike Armour , Menstrual health research on lived experience and self-management of menstrual pain, endometriosis
Bettina Bildhauer Historian: medieval and contemporary attitudes to menstrual blood
Chris Bobel Gender Studies
Joan Chrisler Sociology
Breanne Fahs Gender Studies
Julie Hennegan , Menstrual hygiene, sanitation
Lara Owen Organization Studies. Author of Her Blood Is Gold.
Nancy Reame , Menstrual health
Camilla Rostvik , Art historian on the visual culture of menstruation
Marni Sommer , Menstrual Health & Gender Justice Working Group Member
[17]
Margaret L. Stubbs , Psychology of menstruation
Philip Tierno , TSS expert
Sharra L Vostral Historian of menstrual technology. Author of Under Wraps, Toxic Shock.
Activists and politicians
Artists and Curators
Judy Chicago , menstrual art
Bee Hughes, artist
Rupi Kau r, artist and poet
Liv Stro
mquist, artist whose work was featured on Stockholm subway
Harry Finley, curator of Museum of Menstruation
Key works
Bobel, Chris: New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation [needs ref], Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstrual Studies
[18]
Delaney, Tooth and Lupton, The Curse
[19]
Nadya Okamoto : Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement
[20]
Lara Owen : Her Blood Is Gold: Awakening to the Wisdom of Menstruation (Harper Collins 1993, Archive Publishing 2008)(needs ref)
Weiss-Wolf, Jennifer: Periods Gone Public
[21]
Sharra L. Vostral, : Under Wraps (needs ref); Toxic Shock: A Social History
[22]
Academic networks and centres of expertise
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
[23]
UK Menstruation Research Network
[24] . Aims to bring together diverse academic researchers in this field to unify knowledge about the many medical, political, economic, psychological and cultural issues related to menstruation
[25] . This network was funded by a
Wellcome Trust Small Network Grant (March 2019-February 2020)
[26] .
Menstrual Health and Gender Justice, Center for the Study of Social Difference at
Columbia University as a part of the Women Creating Change series.
[27]
Third Sector Organizations
Mensen, Sweden
[28]
Bloody Good Period, UK
[29]
Period Positive, UK
[30]
Binti Period
[31]
Menstruation Matters blog
Irise International
[32]
Menstrual Health Hub
[33]
PERIOD
[34]
Days for Girls
[35]
Hey Girls
Zana Africa
Archival resources
Museum of Menstruation, online
Menstrual products at the Science Museum, London
Purdue collection of materials relating to Lilian Gilbreth and TSS
zine collection at Glasgow Women's Library
Research Methodologies
Qualitative
Quantitative
Measurement Scales
Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Menstruation (BATM)
[36]
Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS) - (MPNS-36)
[37]
[38]
Miscellaneous
Standardization for menstrual product absorbency
Menstrual product ingredient lists
Perhaps not include:
?***Sara Baumann, postdoctoral researcher, co-creator collaborative filmmaking methodology
?**Anne Sebert Kuhlmann: Unmet Menstrual Hygiene Needs Among Low-Income Women
[39]
^ Bobel, Chris; Winkler, Inga T.; Fahs, Breanne; Hasson, Katie Ann; Kissling, Elizabeth Arveda; Roberts, Tomi-Ann, eds. (2020).
"The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies" .
doi :
10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7 .
^ Yang, Zhengwei; Schank, Jeffrey C. (2006-12-01).
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doi :
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ISSN
1936-4776 .
^
"Open Library of Humanities | Collection:" . olh.openlibhums.org . Retrieved 2022-09-13 .
^ Frank, Sarah E. (2020).
"Queering Menstruation: Trans and Non-Binary Identity and Body Politics" . Sociological Inquiry . 90 (2): 371–404.
doi :
10.1111/soin.12355 .
ISSN
1475-682X .
^ Chrisler, Joan C.; Gorman, Jennifer A.; Manion, Jen; Murgo, Michael; Barney, Angela; Adams-Clark, Alexis; Newton, Jessica R.; McGrath, Meaghan (2016).
"Queer periods: attitudes toward and experiences with menstruation in the masculine of centre and transgender community" . Culture, Health & Sexuality . 18 (11): 1238–1250.
doi :
10.1080/13691058.2016.1182645 .
ISSN
1369-1058 .
^
"Let's call periods, periods - gov.scot" . www.gov.scot . Retrieved 2020-10-15 .
^ Hunt, Elle (2017-11-02).
" 'Enjoy menstruation, even on the subway': Stockholm art sparks row" . The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-10-15 .
^ Maloney, Carolyn B. (2019-07-22).
"Text - H.R.3865 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2019" . www.congress.gov . Retrieved 2020-10-15 .
^
"Menstrual cups 'safe and effective' alternative to tampons and pads" . nhs.uk . 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-15 .
^
"The picture Instagram didn't want you to see" . The Independent . 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2020-11-26 .
^ Sanghani, Radhika.
"Instagram deletes woman's period photos - but her response is amazing" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 2020-11-26 .
^ Moore, Lane (2015-03-27).
"Instagram Apologizes for Removing Poignant Photos of a Woman on Her Period" . Cosmopolitan . Retrieved 2020-11-26 .
^
"Kasey Robinson" . As We Are . Retrieved 2020-11-30 .
^ Jung, Helin (2015-08-06).
"26-Year-Old Woman Free Bleeds Proudly Through Her First Marathon" . Cosmopolitan . Retrieved 2020-11-26 .
^ Barns, Sarah (2015-08-18).
"Runner who did a marathon while 'free bleeding' hits out at critics" . Mail Online . Retrieved 2020-11-26 .
^
"Kiran Gandhi: Here's why I ran the London marathon on my period and didn't wear a tampon" . The Independent . 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2020-11-26 .
^
"Marni Sommer | Columbia Public Health" . www.publichealth.columbia.edu . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^ Bobel, Chris; Winkler, Inga T.; Fahs, Breanne; Hasson, Katie Ann; Kissling, Elizabeth Arveda; Roberts, Tomi-Ann, eds. (2020).
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies . Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN
978-981-15-0613-0 .
^ Delaney, Janice. (1988).
The curse : a cultural history of menstruation . Lupton, Mary Jane., Toth, Emily. (Rev. ed., 1st Univ. of ill. Press ed ed.). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
ISBN
0-252-01240-2 .
OCLC
15367167 .
^ Okamoto, Nadya,.
Period power : a manifesto for the menstrual movement (First edition ed.). New York.
ISBN
978-1-5344-3021-1 .
OCLC
1050454482 . CS1 maint: extra punctuation (
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^ Weiss-Wolf, Jennifer,.
Periods gone public : taking a stand for menstrual equity (First edition ed.). New York.
ISBN
978-1-62872-797-5 .
OCLC
1002211534 . CS1 maint: extra punctuation (
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^ Vostral, Sharra L (2018). Toxic Shock: A Social History . New York: New York University Press.
ISBN
1479877840 .
^
"Menstruation resource site - Society for Menstrual Research" . Society for Menstrual Cycle Research . Retrieved 2020-10-15 .
^
"menstruation research network" . menstruation research network . Retrieved 2020-10-15 .
^
"about MRN" . menstruation research network . Retrieved 2020-10-14 .
^
"Menstruation Research Network - University of St Andrews" . risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk . Retrieved 2020-10-14 .
^
"Menstrual Health & Gender Justice" . Menstrual Health & Gender Justice . Retrieved 2020-10-15 .
^
"MENSEN - a forum for menstruation –" . mensen.se . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^
"HOME" . Bloody Good Period . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^
"#periodpositive" . #periodpositive . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^
"Binti" . Binti . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^
"Irise Homepage" . Irise . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^
"Menstrual Health Hub | MH Hub: Female Health - Reimagined" . Menstrual Health Hub (MH Hub) . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^
"Home" . Period.org . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^
"Days for Girls International | Turning Periods Into Pathways" . days-for-girls . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^ Marván, Ma. Luisa; Ramírez-esparza, Dyana; Cortés-iniestra, Sandra; Chrisler, Joan C. (2006).
"Development of a New Scale to Measure Beliefs about and Attitudes Toward Menstruation (BATM): Data from Mexico and the United States" . Health Care for Women International . 27 (5): 453–473.
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ISSN
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^ Hennegan, Julie; Nansubuga, Agnes; Smith, Calum; Redshaw, Maggie; Akullo, Agnes; Schwab, Kellogg J (2020).
"Measuring menstrual hygiene experience: development and validation of the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS-36) in Soroti, Uganda" . BMJ Open . 10 (2): e034461.
doi :
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ISSN
2044-6055 .
PMC
7044919 .
PMID
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"Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS-36), Menstrual Practice Measures" . Menstrual Practice Measures . Retrieved 2020-11-22 .
^ Sebert Kuhlmann, Anne; Peters Bergquist, Eleanor; Danjoint, Djenie; Wall, L. Lewis (2019).
"Unmet Menstrual Hygiene Needs Among Low-Income Women" . Obstetrics & Gynecology . 133 (2): 238–244.
doi :
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ISSN
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