Menstruation Tracking Apps, Bodies & Identities

We’ve spent 70 hours talking with people about MTAs! 💖💔 For some, they help with: ✨ Planning around your period ✨ Understanding your body ✨ Sharing data with healthcare providers But concerns include: ❌ Privacy issues ❌ Inaccurate predictions ❌ Reinforcing stereotypes

🎓 Research Opportunity 2025 Explore wāhine or takatāpui experiences of using tracking apps to manage their ikura in a kaupapa Māori project! 👉See flyer for more details! @sarahrileybrown @CullenHealy

🔍 Project Update! Preliminary data analysis for our #MenstruationTrackingApp study is underway! With the perimenopause group wrapped up, we're now hearing from new parents. Next year, we’ll chat with younger folks getting used to their menstruating bodies. More to come! 👀 #MTAs

📢 World Menopause Day Peri/menopause is finally getting attention, but is this wave of attention truly empowering, or just another market to capitalise on? 🎧 @nikibezzant discusses the menopause industry on RNZ: rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail… #MenopauseMatters #MenopauseAwareness

🤖 AI in the mix! Currently in the research phase in South Africa, Femmflo is turning to AI-driven hormone monitoring! Got thoughts on AI in health apps? Let's kōrero👇 📩: MTAresearchproject@massey.ac.nz 💻: sites.google.com/view/mtas-digi… #HealthTech #MenstrualHealth #NewZealand

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: New parents who use a menstruation tracking app🩸 We want to hear your experiences! Volunteer online or in Wellington. Email MTAresearchproject@massey.ac.nz or visit the link in our bio. #research #masseyuniversity #trackingapps #newzealand

Had a baby in the last 24 months in Aotearoa NZ? Use a period tracking app? 🩸 We want to hear your experiences! Volunteer online or in Wellington. Email MTAresearchproject@massey.ac.nz or visit the link in our bio. #research #masseyuniversity #trackingapps #newzealand

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'Estrogel' funding could happen by November—your feedback with Pharmac is crucial! 👉 Submit your thoughts: consult@pharmac.govt.nz Plus, Australia’s public inquiry on menopause has momentum. Could we see something similar in Aotearoa?aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_… #MenopauseMatters

🩸Periods Are Never Just Periods: thedrum.com/news/2024/08/0… ✨Our research is exploring how period tracking apps shape our experiences. 💬What do you wish you’d known about periods? Pain, gaslighting, emotions? Join the kōrero👇 #MenstruationResearch #NeverJustaPeriod #Aotearoa

One of the highlights of the ‘Reimagining Menopause’ Workshop was the creative reimagining of menopause through queer installation arts by Macon Reed! Thanks to #UNSW for hosting this hybrid event! #MenopauseWorkshop #InclusiveHealth @AustSoc maconreed.com/the-pause-apot…

I wrote about the phrase "working girl" for the @RadHistReview - everything from this issue is open access for a few months which is v cool read.dukeupress.edu/radical-histor…

🩸 On May 28, we observe the International Day of Action for Women’s Health! 🌍🌈 Check out @guardian's curated articles on menopause here: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/h… #ReproductiveJustice #MenopauseAwareness #MenstruationResearch #Perimenopause #NewZealand #TrackingApps

🌟It's #PsychologyWeek🌟 We share 5 strategies for pathways to peace and wellbeing when navigating perimenopause! #Perimenopause #Psychology #NewZealand #Research #menstruation @NZPsS 👉psychology.org.nz/public/psychol… 📺youtube.com/watch?v=duc2Fy…

Brilliant news: Christine Wilks digital fiction for body image narrative therapy, Voices, has been shortlisted for the Chris Meade Main Prize and Social Good categories the New Media Writing Prize. writing-new-bodies.web.app/home Please cast your vote here: newmediawritingprize.co.uk/opening-up-202…

Sarah Riley had the opportunity to facilitate a kōrero on postfeminism and body image in the context of reproductive healthcare with Hekate clinicians. hekate.nz Access the (free!) book - Postfeminism and Health: doi.org/10.4324/978131… #Postfeminism #Health

Call for research participants in Aotearoa New Zealand who use a period tracking app 🩸 @TrackingBodies Visit project website for more info: sites.google.com/view/mtas-digi… Join the kōrero! #research #masseyuniversity #menstruation #trackingapps #newzealand #perimenopause

Wishing you and your whānau a restful and restorative break over the holiday season! We will be back in the new year with more details about our research project! #menstruation #trackingapps #newzealand #research

📢 In case you missed it 📰There are media articles circulating in the UK about police testing women for abortion drugs and requesting data from menstrual tracking apps after unexplained pregnancy losses. Read more here 👇 tortoisemedia.com/2023/10/30/bri… #menstruation #trackingapps