by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 5, 2011 | Activism, Advertising, DIY, FemCare, Humor
If you’ve been with us for a while, you might remember that we (and our fabulous readers) had a lot to say in the spring of 2010 when Kotex launched U by Kotex (or YOU.BUY.KOTEX, as we came to call it) and its “Break the Cycle” campaign. In digging...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 10, 2011 | Activism, Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Internet, Menstruation
Editor’s note, August 10, 2011: Procter & Gamble has responded that this video was NOT produced or commissioned by them, and is in fact a spoof. While it is still offensive and worthy of criticism as such and your comments are welcome here, please do not...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 29, 2011 | Activism, FemCare, Humor, Internet
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive There is much cheering in the feminist blogosphere this weekend, for good reason, as Summer’s Eve has removed three offensive vagina puppet videos...
by Chris Hitchcock | Mar 17, 2011 | Activism, Birth Control, Health Care, Humor, Internet
Here’s an interesting political approach. While there are hairs to split (do all women have vaginas? do all people with vaginas consider themselves women? and what about those of us with no sexual partners, or sexual partners without penises?), there’s...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 4, 2010 | DIY, FemCare, Independent Film, Menstruation
Vanessa Tolkin Meyer recently published her thesis film on Vimeo: it’s a short film about the menstrual cup. It’s also about attitudes toward menstruation and how we talk about it....