by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 23, 2011 | Internet
Will contraceptive coverage be included as part of preventive health care under the Affordable Coverage Act? A study explores the benefits of using humor to improve chances of conception with in-vitro fertilization. Feministe presents the nice pregnant lady’s...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 20, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Language, Media, Television
In my visual communication class this week, I used several femcare ads (along with a couple of cell phone commercials and other images) to illustrate Althusser’s concept of interpellation. My students got more of a lesson than they bargained for, as I ended up...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jan 19, 2011 | Menstruation
In the LA Times earlier this month, under the banner ‘oddities, musings and news from the health world,’ came a rewritten press release masquerading as one of the above that stated ‘Birth control pills using 24-day regimen may be more effective.’ Firstly,...
by Heather Dillaway | Jan 17, 2011 | Communication, Men, Menstruation, New Research
Since we’re often talking about the lack of attention to men’s attitudes about menstruation, I thought I’d post the abstract of a great new piece in the Journal of Family Issues, due out in February 2011! Kudos to Katherine Allen, Christine Kaestle,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 16, 2011 | Internet
Think Exist Productions is seeking financial support to complete “One More Girl“, a documentary film about side effects and adverse reactions to the Gardasil HPV vaccine (which was marketed with the slogan “One Less”). Not your mother’s...
