NYU Trailblazers: "Health, Stigma & Cultural Representations of Menstruation" with Marybec Griffin

Описание: NYU Trailblazers are TED Talk-style mini lectures from NYU's illustrious faculty. Don't miss this lecture from Dr. Marybec Griffin, “"They Bleed, Yet They Do Not Die: A Conversation about Health, Stigma and Cultural Representations of Menstruation."

Half the world's population experiences the natural biological phenomenon of menstruation, yet this experience is a taboo conversation topic... even among families and in healthcare settings. But why has menstruation remained such a hush hush topic from antiquity to the modern day - and how does this contribute to period poverty, the invisibility of menstrual pain, and delayed diagnosis of related health conditions? By understanding the erroneous origin of medical knowledge - and fears associated with the abject power of bodies that bleed - we can begin to advocate for greater visibility and inclusion of menstruating bodies in society.

Marybec Griffin (PhD, MA, MPH) is an Adjunct Instructor at New York University and an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. She received her PhD and her MPH from New York University (yay for double violets!). Her research interests include LGBTQ+ health, sexual health messages in rap and pop music, menstrual stigma and education, and representations of femininity in slasher (horror) films. She’s also one of the co-creators of Dr. Period Hackers, a Twitter menstrual education account, and is working on a research project called Bloody Women: Slasher Films and the Female Viewer. She's a regular speaker at the Morbid Anatomy Museum and the Vagina Museum.

Marybec is also a trained full-spectrum doula and a certified sexologist. She is passionate about helping people connect to bodies and centering sexuality as an innately human experience. She also provides counseling around contraception and menstruation. When she isn’t teaching or writing, Marybec indulges in her creative side via baking and making handmade cards. She is also a tarot enthusiast and is a forever student of the French language.