by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 5, 2010 | Internet
In case you missed these stories this week: Tasha Fierce takes on the whole concept of ‘feminine hygiene’: That Not-So-Fresh Feeling. Copyranter looks at the next ad in the Kitadol campaign. (See the previous ad for this PMS treatment here.) Proctor &...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 3, 2010 | Advertising, Anatomy, magazines
But only when you’re clean and fresh “down there”. Apparently women’s natural, in-born courage is best nurtured with scented moist towelettes. I can’t decide what’s more offensive – the content of this ad, or the fact that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 1, 2010 | Film, Independent Film, Media, Menarche, Studio Film
I’m not an expert in Japanese anime films, but I am pretty knowledgeable about the representation of menstruation and menarche in films in the English-speaking world, especially the U.S. So I was surprised to read in this review/story about the Isao Takahata...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 29, 2010 | Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Ready to play Evo-Psych bingo, that is. I don’t know quite what else to do with a study like this: Women’s preferences for masculinity in male faces are highest during reproductive age range and lower around puberty and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 28, 2010 | Internet
Weekly reading for the last Saturday of May: Vanessa at Feministing discusses the FDA deliberations over Flibanserin, the purported “Viagra for women”, and dreads the marketing we’ll be subjected to if the product is approved. Reporting for The...
