by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 3, 2010 | Internet
A few recommended reads: Lunapads queries the fence-sitters: Women tell why they’ve hesitated to use cloth pads for a chance to win free Lunapads. Heather Corinna explains how manipulating menstruation can mess with contraceptive effectiveness, if not done...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 2, 2010 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, magazines, Menstruation
One of my Women’s & Gender Studies graduates, who is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Gender & Sexuality Studies, recently sent me this Kotex ad from last fall. (She received it from one of her students — don’t you love how that chain works?) This ad...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 27, 2010 | Celebrities, Humor, Menstruation, Television
I’m surely not the only fan of Amy Poehler and Parks and Recreation around here, am I? (Oh, Amy Poehler, have you been reading my mail? Leslie Knope is more like me than I care to admit.) As I’ve written elsewhere, menstruation is seldom mentioned or...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 27, 2010 | Internet
This week’s recommended reading: Sex period: An excellent article from the always-awesome Scarleteen about sex during menstruation. Stem Cells in Menstrual Blood answers many of your questions about this. [via Glad Rags] Amanda Hess finds The Five Most Feminine...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 24, 2010 | Dysmenorrhea, Language, Menstruation, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
London newspaper The Telegraph reports on the development of a new medical treatment for dysmenorrhea, or painful periods. The article contains very little information about the new pill — most of the article describes the variety of misery some women experience...
