A review of Periods Gone Public and Menstruation Matters
When I was researching my first book, The Modern Period: Menstruation in Twentieth-Century America (2009), one of the most frequent questions I got was a skeptical “why are you writing about that?”
So when I started fielding frequent calls from reporters around 2015, it was a surprise...
This week I reviewed Period: The Real Story of Menstruation in Science. I am pleased to be able to share a full-text preprint with you, here.
With Roe v Wade upended, the balance of power and authority among lawmakers, medical practitioners, and pregnant and birthing people is suddenly in flux. And at the center of the storm, the safety and
Lara: How did you get interested in researching the history and culture of the pregnancy test? Karen: I’ve been writing about the cultural history of abortion and other reproductive technologies since
