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Menovulography |
‘Menovulography’
is a combination of : menstruation + ovulation
+ biography. It is abbreviated
‘MO-ography.’
In menovulography,
the “historical era” from puberty to menopause is explored, from the
perspective of an individual woman’s life. Greater emphasis is placed on
menstrual, sexual and reproductive experience than is typical in biography.
MOLT looks forward to
the day when similar exhibits are created about men – a “seminography” of Thomas Jefferson on display at Monticello,
perhaps.
Menovulography
Index
1. Anna Oravec – “If you want to be an artist, you have to
draw figure 8’s”
2. Marjorie
Finley – A found menovulography of MUM Director Harry Finley’s mother
CALL FOR MENOVULOGRAPHIES
Are you or someone
you know...a postmenopausal woman with a story to tell?
MOLT: The Museum of
the Menovulatory Lifetime, is looking for “menovulographies” - just a fancy
word for an exhibit about “the years from puberty to menopause, told as a story
with pictures.”
(Menovulography =
menstruation + ovulation + biography. MO-ography for short.)
Could be your story, or
a grandmother’s - or perhaps a historical figure you’ve always admired.
An MO-ography
consists of 4 web pages (one each for the teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s – less, of
course, if a woman went through menopause earlier, or died before reaching
menopause). If you want to include a “postmenopausal postscript,” add another
web page.
Each web page must
include at least 1 graphic + text. Graphic can be of people, artwork, personal
belongings, buildings, maps, newspaper clippings, advertising, letters,
homework, clothing, a car, a birth control dispenser, an outdoor scene -
ANYTHING you feel would best tell the story. If you know how to add music to a
web page, please do!
The idea is to
present an integrated view of the years from puberty to menopause - blending those
things traditionally thought of as biography - family of origin, social
environment, education, work, spirituality, political beliefs - with things
that can sometimes get left out - like menstrual history and choices about
sexuality and reproduction, feelings about the aging process, our changing
relationships with mothers and/or sisters, etc.
For an example of a
5-page menovulography, please see Anna Oravecz,
Part I - remember, the minimum requirement is
1 graphic + text per web page, so it doesn’t have to be an overwhelming amount
of work - an experiment in remembering women’s lives in a new way, rather than
“monument building.”
You will also be able
to create a “guest curator” page, telling about yourself and anything you
wanted to share about the process of creating an “MO-ography” exhibit, as well
as linking to your own web site(s).
If interested, please
email infoATmoltx.org
~ makes a great school project! If desired, support is available ~ MOLT can
help select graphics, upload graphics and web pages, and give feedback
regarding exhibit text (or what they call the “script” in the museum biz).
Thanks for your
consideration!
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Protection to Expression: The Future of Menstrual Advertising |
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Menovulography: the years from puberty to menopause, told
as a story with pictures
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