BOOK

Reorganizing Menstruation

Menstrual Innovations and the Redistribution of Boundaries, Capitals, and Labour

Reorganizing Menstruation explores changes in contemporary menstrual practices, and looks at what is revealed and made possible when longstanding gendered stigma is disrupted. Menstruation is a fascinating focus for study, demonstrating how capitalism, innovation, and sustainability interweave in the organization of bodies, businesses, and workplaces.

Based on her empirical research conducted in Australia and the UK on workplace practices and menstrual products, Lara Owen details the complexity of outcomes arising from these changes. She shows that while menstrual innovations are often aligned with normative capitalist values of individualism and efficiency, they also demonstrate a radical challenge to these values, contributing to the evolution of new ways of organizing working life that prioritise the health of people and planet.