by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 28, 2011 | Anatomy, Television
“If you’d told me three months ago that I’d let a plastic surgeon examine my froufrou, that I’d show it to another woman (who wasn’t a doctor) and then allow an artist to take a cast of my Mary, I’d have laughed you out of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 26, 2011 | Internet
Snow on the ground and subzero temperatures this week, so I’m doing nothing but reading: I’ll Show You Mine: Wrenna Robertson responds to the increasing popularity of labiaplasty with a new book featuring close-up, color photographs of women’s vulvas...
by Chris Hitchcock | Feb 22, 2011 | Media, Menstruation, New Research
The NYT article title reads The threatening scent of fertile women. I’ve felt it for years, and I still haven’t quite figured out why I react this way to this kind of article. Certainly it echos the age-old misogynistic discomfort of learned men for their...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 22, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, magazines, Menstruation
It looks like Kotex is winning. Explicit comparison to the competitor’s product is an advertising strategy of 30-40 years ago. Under the new rules, the competitor’s product doesn’t even exist, and certainly isn’t deserving of mention in a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 20, 2011 | Internet
A study of women with bipolar disorders indicates that premenstrual mood exacerbation may be a clinical marker predicting more depressive episodes and more severe symptoms. Provoked by the approval of the Pence Amendment to cut off ALL funding to Planned Parenthood,...