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Menstruation : Breaking the Silence
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In this program, we meet artists and activists who are challenging taboos surrounding menstruation, often in outrageous ways that may shock some viewers. The program also explores menstruation's im...
In this program, we meet artists and activists who are challenging taboos surrounding menstruation, often in outrageous ways that may shock some viewers. The program also explores menstruation's impact on society and its role as a rite of passage. Artist Judy Chicago discusses how outraged audiences reacted to a graphic painting in her Menstruation Bathroom exhibit. Author Judy Blume reads from her popular book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Biologist Margie Profet discusses her contention that women menstruate to rid their uteruses of sperm residues. And the curator of a Museum of Menstruation displays a bizarre collection of advertisements for sanitary protection. Medical issues such as toxic shock syndrome are candidly discussed, as well as the environmental controversy surrounding the disposal of tampon casings.
Details
- Creator
- Great North Releasing
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c1996
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn870312376
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on November 02, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Publicizing Menstruation (2:05) -- "Menstruation Bathroom" (2:50) -- Menstrual Politics (2:22) -- PMS in the Media (1:00) -- Improving Menstrual Education (1:28) -- Rewriting Menstruation Rules (2:02) -- Menstruation Censorship (3:24) -- Puberty Education (1:51) -- Biological Menstruation Theory (3:09) -- Museum of Menstruation (3:56) -- Toxic Shock Syndrome (5:01) -- Ongoing TSS (3:11) -- Tampon Danger (3:55) -- Raising the Tampon Issue (1:34) -- Tampon Safety Campaign (3:03) -- Environmental Tampon Issues (1:57) -- Fighting Disposable Feminine Products (2:42) -- Reusable Sanitary Products (2:03) -- Recycling Tampon Applicators (2:11) -- "Oedipus Rebound: the Enigma of Blood" (3:33) -- Breaking the Menstruation Silence (0:34) -- Credits: Menstruation: Breaking the Silence (1:54)