"Our revolution has style": Contemporary menstrual product activists "doing feminism" in the third wave

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 331-345

  Bobel, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Menstruation; Third wave feminism; Women's health activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750691378     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9001-7     Document Type: Review

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