Menstrual Poetry

A Media and Entertainment Blog You Should be Reading (and Not Only Because I Write for It)

If you follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook then you’ve probably already heard about my latest endeavor and if you haven’t, then keep reading! Renee of the super awesome Womanist Musings and I have started … Continue reading →

The Kids Are All Right — A Summer Movie I’m Excited About for all the Right Reasons

Summer movies. Every year we are greeted with essentially the same rundown of events. We see the titles of upcoming movies grabbing headlines from every media outlet around, including blogs, newspapers, magazines and 30-second teaser trailers that pop up on … Continue reading →

Don’t Bring Your Sex Positivity to Your Blog — If You Want a Few Bucks for Your Hard Work

Menstrual Poetry, as you see it now, has been active since December 12th, 2007. Before then, it served primarily as a collective of random, angsty teenage poetry that I had accumulated over the years and wanted to stick somewhere because … Continue reading →

Hell Yeah, Feminist Porn! Seven Minutes in Heaven 2: Tender Hearted

Warning: This post is all about porn. Please do not proceed reading if you are under the age of 18 (or 21 in your respective locale) or if you are not completely comfortable or become triggered when seeing, reading about … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin is Not a Feminist, Revisited

I thought we covered this already; in fact, I know that many covered this during the 2008 presidential election, as well as after, but mostly during election time. But since this has come up yet again, I guess it’s time … Continue reading →

EdenFantasys: The Crumbling of a Community

Image Credit: Aag Blog A few days ago I re-published maymay’s article from Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed, Edenfantasys’s unethical technology is a self-referential black hole. The article not only uncovered, but also proved without a shadow of a doubt … Continue reading →

Edenfantasys’s unethical technology is a self-referential black hole

Link credit: Juliettia Note: This post is republished with permission from maymay from Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed. Anyone who is concerned, offended and/or appalled by the unethical linking practices done by EdenFantasys and their defense and smoke and mirrors … Continue reading →

Is it My “Feminist Duty” to Mention Mother’s Day?

So, yesterday was Mother’s Day. For the past three years I have written on Menstrual Poetry and for those three years, I have written about Mother’s Day and how this one day, for me, brings about anxiety, panic attacks and … Continue reading →

Church Councils Women with Porn Addiction, Concludes Women’s Sexuality is Shameful

Crystal Renaud is the group leader of Victory Over Porn Addiction, a support group and workshop for women who are addicted to porn. The group forms at Westside Family Church, an evangelical megachurch in Westside, Kansas. Renaud was inspired to … Continue reading →

Neo-Nazi Hate Group Dubs Cinco de Mayo ‘Report An Illegal Day’

I have not addressed Arizona’s discriminatory, Nazi-like immigration policy head-on, but I had mentioned it within another post on the general discriminatory mindset of Alabama Republican Governor nominee, Tim James. According to Arizona’s SB 1070, law enforcement officials in Arizona … Continue reading →

Tim James: Your Racist, Bigoted, Republican Nominee for Alabama Governor

A few days ago I saw someone post a video from Tim James, the Republican nominee for Governor of Alabama. After watching it, I wasn’t necessarily surprised since it was a public service announcement from someone openly Republican, but it … Continue reading →

Book Review: Foxy by Pam Grier

Pam Grier is known for a lot of things. She is known as a truly gifted, hard-working, dedicated and passionate actor. She is known for being at the forefront of the blaxploitation scene, for her role as Coffy, Foxy Brown … Continue reading →

Buy Eco Sex Toys and Babeland Will Donate 20% to Grist During April

The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is just around the corner on April 22nd and to celebrate, Babeland is running an awesome eco-fundraiser to benefit the non-profit environmental news site, Grist, an award-winning online magazine that has been referred to … Continue reading →

Awesome Giveaway Alert: Win a Copy of My Little Red Book

Last year I had the opportunity to review a really great book–My Little Red Book, an anthology of short stories, essays and recollections of women’s first periods from women of all ages, from all over the world. Being the body-loving, … Continue reading →

Bristol Palin and the Amazing Bitch Slap of Elitism

By now I’m sure you’ve all seen, or at least heard about Bristol Palin’s most recent PSA for the completely unrealistic, abstinence-pushing Candies Foundation. Most who are bringing this PSA up for discussion agree that warning teenagers of the very … Continue reading →

Pretty Much the Funniest (and Most Accurate) Picture Ever

Via Videogum While the above picture is no doubt absolutely hilarious, for good measure… Please note: Contrary to the popular belief in our woman-shaming society, your vagina is not dirty, vulgar or disgusting and not only is douching unnecessary, it … Continue reading →

One in Two Sexually Active Youth Will Contract an STD by Age 25 — Get Yourself Tested

April is National STD Awareness Month and with it, the award-winning campaign, GYT: Get Yourself Tested has launched for another year. GYT was launched by MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation and with the support of Centers for Disease Control, … Continue reading →

Daria Released on DVD May 2010, Let the Partying Begin!

Remember Daria? Well, of course you remember Daria! She is everyone’s favorite pessimistic high school teenager from way back when MTV was cool. Well, kind of cool. Between cool and what is this shit, anyway. Wouldn’t it be awesome if … Continue reading →

Happy Zombie Day, Everyone!

I was going to be one of those non-confrontational, wish everyone a happy Easter and be done with it kind of folks but I could not resist the temptation to make a reference to the fact that if Jesus rose … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Bill Passed. World Did Not End.

Late Sunday night, House Democrats passed the health care reform bill after more than a year of negotiations, debates, threats and downright refusal from Republicans in the House–none of which crossed that aisle they often love bringing up during election … Continue reading →

Happy Pi Day!

Today, March 14th, is Pi Day. (Get it? Third month, fourteenth day; pi=3.14…) While the first Pi Day was celebrated back in 1988 with staff of the San Francisco Exploratorium marching around one of its circular spaces and eating fruit … Continue reading →

Let’s Talk About Kevin Smith and Southwest Airlines Just a Little More

Yes, I know that most, if not all, of you out there have heard quite a bit already about the whole Southwest Airlines telling Kevin Smith he’s too fat to fly thing. I also know that you all have also … Continue reading →

Moregasm: Babeland’s Guide to Mind-Blowing Sex, a Video Review

About a month ago I received a really awesome book from Babeland. I’ve known about Babeland for years now and have also worked with them periodically on another website of mine, so I was pretty psyched to have this book … Continue reading →

International Women’s Health Coalition Kicks Off Young Visionaries Contest and Grant Opportunity

I have had a great deal of ideas to supplement my community’s activism when it comes to resources for women and youth and if my past ideas are any indicator of the future, I’m bound to have a lot more. … Continue reading →

Blog for Choice 2010: Trust Women

Happy anniversary, Roe v. Wade! On this day 37 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that it was about time to let women make their own decisions about their health and what does or does not happen with and within … Continue reading →