Resources

It is important to us at Lunapads to not only provide you with quality alternative natural menstrual products, but also information about the issues surrounding menstruation and women's bodies.  If there are web sites or articles that you know of that you think would be a fit here, please get in touch with us and we'd be happy to review and consider them for listing.  We do not exchange links with other for-profit sites.

• Menstruation and Women’s Health
• Feminism and Media
• Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Menstruation and Women’s Health

Web links

The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR)
CeMCOR is an accessible research centre with a mandate to distribute information directly to women about their health and changes through the life cycle, from adolescence to menopause.

The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
A nonprofit, interdisciplinary research organization. Membership includes researchers in the social and health sciences, humanities scholars, health care providers, policy makers, and students with interests in the role of the menstrual cycle in women's health and well-being.

The Museum of Menstruation
A cornucopia of information and links.

Scarleteen
Heather Corinna’s excellent online resource on sexuality and health for teens.

Canadian Women’s Health Network (CWHN)
An excellent resource for information and regional-specific resources for Canadian women.

OBGYN.net
This link will take you to OBGYN’s links to its pages devoted to menstrual health.

The National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families – Tampon Safety
Article about tampon safety - a great resource for learning more about health issues associated with disposable pads and tampons.

The Yeast Infection Homepage
An excellent, informative and entertaining website about vaginal yeast infections and alternative ways of treating them.

The Alice Kilvert Tampon Alert Homepage
A UK-based charity that works to raise awareness around the dangers of tampons and Toxic Shock Syndrome, and to offer support to women who have survived TSS.

Books

Houppert, Karen. The Curse: Confronting the last unmentionable taboo: Menstruation. 1999. New York; Douglas and McIntyre.

Shuttle, Penelope & Peter Redgrove. The Wise Wound: The myth, realities, and meanings of menstruation. 1986. New York; Grove Press.

Stepanich, Kisma K. Sister Moon Lodge: The Power and Mystery of Menstruation. Llewellyn Publications 1992

Owen, Lara. Honoring Menstruation: A Time of Self-Renewal. 1998. The Crossing Press.

Films

Under Wraps, a Canadian documentary directed by Teresa MacInnes exposes the not-so-sanitary side of the sanitary products industry, as well as speaking with artists such as Judy Chicago about menstrual mythology. Click here to order, or call 1-800-267-7710 (Canada) or 1-866-267-7710(US).

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Feminism and Media

Web links

Bitch Magazine
Feminist response to pop culture.

Bust Magazine
The voice of the new girl order.

Feministing.com
Fresh feminist content, published daily.

Mothering Magazine
Progressive natural parenting.

Teen Voices Magazine
Intelligent, honest content for young women.

Herizons Magazine
Canada’s leading feminist magazine.

Cahoots Magazine
Yet another excellent Canadian women’s magazine.

Articles

Go with the Flow by Rachel Thompson
Canada's leading feminist magazine reviews alternative menstrual products and reports back for its readers.

See No Evil, Bleed No Evil by Leisha Sagan
How we've been conditioned not to talk about our periods —and why it's time to break the silence.
 
Eight Myths about Washable Menstrual Pads Dispelled by Emira Mears
After years of selling washable menstrual pads to the unsuspecting public Emira's heard it all. Here's her response to the eight most popular excuses women use to avoid considering using alternative menstrual products.

The WackyJac Boudoir Interviews Madeleine Shaw, creator of Lunapads by Undie Girl
Femme-friendly site WackyJac.com interviews Madeleine Shaw creator of Lunapads for their e-zine.

Lunapads International — Go with the flow! by Emira Mears
A Soapboxgirls article about Lunapads, originally published in January of 2002.

Books

Edut, Ophira ed. Body Outlaws: Young women write about body image and identity. 2000. Seattle; Seal Press.

Jacobs Brumberg, Joan. The Body Project: An intimate history of American Girls. 1997. New York: Random House.

Karp, Marcelle & Debbie Stoller ed. The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order. 1999. New York: Penguin Books.

Muscio, Inga. Cunt: a declaration of independence. 1998. Seattle: Seal Press.

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Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Web links

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR)
A business-led, non-profit CSR consultancy and peer-to-peer learning organization.

The Social Venture Network (SVN)
A nonprofit network committed to building a just and sustainable world through business.

Co-op America Business Network and Greenpages (CABN)
CABN’s mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Basic and Living Local Economies (BALLE)
BALLE is an international alliance of 29 independently operated local business networks with more than 5,000 members dedicated to building Local Living Economies.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA)
Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based business association that focuses on the organic business community in North America.  OTA's mission is to promote and protect the growth of organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public and the economy.

Circle of Life
Founded in 1999 by Julia Butterfly Hill, Circle of Life activates people through education, inspiration and connection to live in a way that honors the diversity and interdependence of all life.

U.K. Women’s Environmental Network (WEN)
WEN is a unique, vital and innovative campaigning organization, which represents women and campaigns on issues that affect women, the environment and health.

Books

Daly, Mary. Gyn/Ecology: The metaethics of radical feminism. 1990. Boston: Beacon Press.

Scott, Adrienne and Liz Armstrong. Whitewash: Exposing the Health and Environmental Dangers of Women’s Sanitary Products and Disposable Diapers. 1992: Harper Collins.

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