An old woman speaks to the challenge of menopause.
Meeting the Change
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Menopause: Why the Stigma?
On busting the stigmatized relationship our culture has with menopause, and why it matters.
Caregiving and the Menopause Experience
The odds of experiencing more severe menopause symptoms is directly related to the number of hours spent in the caregiving role.
The ‘Menopausal Turn’ and the New Menopause Market
Destigmatizing ‘the change’ or amplifying anxiety?
Artivist Research Centers Menopause Across Countries and Cultures
Using comic strips and body mapping from workers and migrants on menopause knowledge to enhance awareness.
Good Reads on Menopause
Four books everyone should read and learn from.
A Menopause Primer
Laying out the facts about this complex process as they are now known, and potential treatments.
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Inside This IssueOn Menopause: Turning Around the Silence & Stigma
Generations Today, vol. 46, no. 4 (July–August 2025)
Meeting the Change
Once upon a time, in hushed voices, it was called “The Change.” If it was headed your way, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this meant the ultimate, the mother of all changes. When spoken of publicly, which was rare, menopause was the butt of jokes. Women lacked...
Menopause: Why the Stigma?
My aim in this article is to address the stigma around menopause; define “stigma” and how it applies to menopause, and proffer ideas about what we might do to reduce it. There are a few definitions of stigma, but those most relevant for this topic are: “A strong...
Caregiving and the Menopause Experience
As the life expectancy of individuals in the United States continues to increase, the need for caregivers is likely to rise as well. Family caregivers have close personal relationships with the other person and often provide unpaid care. In the United States, 61% of...
The ‘Menopausal Turn’ and the New Menopause Market
Early in the pandemic, a colleague at the London university where I teach film and media asked me how my research was going. Despite us all navigating a climate of crushing uncertainty, I told her I was toying with a new direction. Having written for many years about...
Artivist Research Centers Menopause Across Countries and Cultures
The story behind four scholars researching menopause via artivism began with exploring their personal experience individually and as a group. I have known Indian feminist geography scholar Anindita Datta for a long time and had met Swedish urban planning scholar...
Good Reads on Menopause
When my older sister began hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause symptoms, she mentioned her motivation: “If I didn’t, I would have wanted to kill J------" (her much beloved, then teenage son). Our mom went on hormones early on in her transition and never...
A Menopause Primer
Menopause is the cessation of ovarian function, defined by 12 months with no menstrual periods, typically around the age of 51. There are many clinical situations that can make determining the time of this transition more confusing (after hysterectomy, for example)....