by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 22, 2009 | Celebrities, Men, Menopause
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College An earlier re: Cycling post about a clever viral marketing strategy that exploited the notion of male cramps reminded me of some other ways that men have tried to appropriate aspects of the menstrual mythos for...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 19, 2009 | Communication, Girls, magazines
Guest Post by Therese Shechter, filmmaker (Trixie Films) Alert: Links are Not Safe for Work German teen magazine Bravo, known for it’s explicit information on sexuality and sexual health has done it again with their feature: Vulva-Galerie: Schau, welche...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 18, 2009 | Health Care, Law/Legal, Menopause, Pharmaceutical
You may have heard the news that 23 hormone replacement therapy lawsuits filed by women diagnosed with breast cancer were dismissed by a New York judge this week. Judge Martin Shulman granted Pfizer’s motion to dismiss for two reasons: the plaintiff’s...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 18, 2009 | Activism, Advertising, DIY, FemCare, Menstruation
*(I really did type “cosmetetical”. Readers under the age of 40 and/or outside the U.S. can find the origin of the term here.) Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College Here’s where exploitation and menstrual activism crash into each other. ...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 17, 2009 | Birth Control, Disposable menstrual products, Health Care, New Research
The first known case of fatal TSS related to an IUD was recently reported recently. Here’s the abstract from the November 2009 Annals of Emergency Medicine (the full article is behind a subscription firewall): Toxic shock syndrome is a rare toxin-mediated...
