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 David Linton | Jan 3, 2012 | Celebrities, Internet, Menopause
No, I don’t mean all those drugs aimed at relieving the “symptoms” associated with the hormonal shifts that sometimes trigger a variety of physical or mood changes nor even the expenses that accompany joining a Red Hat Society (somebody’s making a little change...
by David Linton | Dec 6, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation, Sex
For nearly a century, ads and other promotional materials for menstrual products have been based on claims that the pad, tampon or, more recently, cup or pill, would make it possible for women to participate in activities that their periods would otherwise have...
by David Linton | Nov 21, 2011 | Activism, DIY, FemCare, Humor
Guest post by Michael Yazujian — Marymount Manhattan College Caitlin Weigel knits and sells tampon cozies on her Etsy site, a website where people can sell crafts that they make. These cozies are perfect for women who are trying to avoid humiliation who are also...
by David Linton | Nov 8, 2011 | Celebrities, Menopause, Menstruation
In Gore Vidal’s 2006 memoir, Point to Point Navigation, he name drops his way through more than four decades of a very interesting life with great stories about the famous and notorious folks who crossed his path. One tale is related by his stepmother, Kit, about her...