by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Feb 2, 2015 | Art, Menstruation, Ovulation, Sports
Guest Post by Dana Michelle Gillespie Editor’s Note: This blog cross-posted from Pole World News. Pole dancing has quickly become one of the most internationally sought after fitness, sports, and art forms in the world. The pole movement craze is a rapidly...
by David Linton | Jan 18, 2012 | Amenorrhea, Menstruation, Sports
Guest Post by Lianne McTavish — University of Alberta (aka Feminist Figure Girl) While working out at the gym yesterday—something I do on a daily basis—I felt a strangely familiar pressure in my lower abdomen and noticed that it was protruding, despite the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 2, 2011 | Menstruation, Sports
Guest Post by Robin Percyz In the boxing ring, droplets of blood are often an indication of triumph. In fact, if you’ve ever had the opportunity to fight, seeing blood on an opponent’s face will often evoke a primal, animalistic pleasure. Boxing is, arguably, one...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 9, 2011 | Anatomy, Art, Celebrities, Communication, Humor, Language, Menstruation
Norwegian athlete John Carew just revealed his new tattoo, which features wings and the phrase ‘Ma Vie, Mes Régles’. Apparently Mr. Carew believed that reads “My Life, My Rules”, but with an acute accent (é) instead of a grave accent (è), the actual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 10, 2010 | Advertising, Celebrities, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Language, magazines, Menstruation
This advert for Tampax appears in the February 2010 issue of Marie Claire, and probably other ladymags as well. It shows tennis star Serena Williams posing in a victory stance with clenched fist in the foreground, while security guards cart off Mother Nature, who is...