Kate Clancy

Illinois

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November 2023, no. 459

Oct 30, 2023 | australianbookreview.com.au | Kate Clancy |Caroline de Costa |Richard Jack |Barnaby Smith

As spring slowly turns to summer, the November issue of ABR addresses questions of memoir, biography, and autofiction. Catriona Menzies-Pike engages with Richard Flanagan’s new hybrid work Question 7 while Zora Simic assesses Naomi Klein’s journey into the ‘mirror world’ in Doppelganger and Marilyn Lake reviews Graeme Davison’s ‘uncommonly good family history’.
This May Be Why You Can’t Sleep — Gloria

Aug 16, 2023 | hellogloria.com | Leslie Price |Kate Clancy

I am a scientist who studies the uterus, so as I usually do, I went straight to the literature. There is a recent systematic review that looked at estrogen and progesterone, as well as synthetic forms of both from hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and their relationship to sleep. As I suspected, most of the high-quality studies with objective measures of sleep quality do show that the lower your estrogen and progesterone, the worse your sleep.
Why Myths About Menstruation Persist

Jun 9, 2023 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Kate Clancy

For three months this year, I bled nearly every day. My doctor doesn’t know why. Google doesn’t know why.
This Book Wants You to Think About Periods

Apr 21, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Kate Clancy

This Book Wants You to Think About PeriodsBy Kate Clancy,1 hour agoBy Kate Clancy,1 hour agoComments / 0Add a Comment
The Radical, Expansive Future of Period Technology

Apr 20, 2023 | technewstube.com | Kate Clancy

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The Radical, Expansive Future of Period Technology

Apr 20, 2023 | wired.com | Kate Clancy

When hormonal contraceptive pills were first introduced to the public in 1960, they were initially packaged in a bottle, like other drugs. A few years later, Ortho-Novum was the first to create the circular dispenser that so many of us are familiar with: 21 days on, seven days off. This dispenser gave a sense of temporality to periods, as they occurred in a regular fashion every few weeks.
Opinion | Why reports of period weirdness after covid shots were ignored

Apr 18, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Kate Clancy

April 18, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. EDT(Washington Post staff illustration; iStock) Kate Clancy, a biological anthropologist and professor at the University of Illinois, is the author of “Period: The Real Story of Menstruation,” from which this op-ed is adapted. One day in early 2021, Katie Lee, a former student of mine who is now a professor at Tulane University, sent a message asking if I’d heard anything about heavier or breakthrough bleeding with the coronavirus vaccines.
Period: The Real Story of Menstruation

Apr 18, 2023 | bookshop.org | Kate Clancy

Description A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual's period as useless, and some doctors still believe it's unsafe for a menstruating person to swim in the ocean wearing a tampon.