Tampons for Traveling the High Seas
Humorous tampon marketing of the kind we'll probably never see in the U.S. [My apologies -- I've lost track of the original source.] Thanks to reader NakedThoughts for providing a link to Red Wombat Studio, the creator of this idealistic tampon ad.
Menstruation, Prince Charles and The Biggest Hacking Scandal
In light of the recent scandals over the phone and email hacking practices of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper editors and reporters it is surprising that there has been so little mention of the fact that the most scandalous, damaging and far reaching hacking story...
Weekend Links
A new study finds that use of tampons or menstrual cups does not increase the risk of IUD expulsion. Birth control pills still don't cause weight gain. The ladies at LunaPads have some tips for those going back to school about washing cloth pads and menstrual cups in...
Badass Baristas and PMS Superpowers
Are you following the PMS Adventures of Crimson Tide, Maxi Pad, and Tam Pon? After a paid medical trial went bad, these ladies developed extraordinary superpowers that manifest only when they're menstruating -- and since they're roommates, their cycles are often...
Event: “Zine Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon”
Friend of re:Cycling, Chella Quint, will be doing a reading with Jenna Freedman & James M. Parker at Bluestockings Bookstore, Café, & Activist Center (172 Allen St, New York, NY), Thursday night (August 25, 7:00 - 9:00 pm). Join Chella Quint and friends for...
The Shame Game
Long before the current fad in Reality TV shows that trade in humiliation and embarrassment, the prevailing menstrual culture inculcated in women a feeling that exposure of the fact that a period was in progress was a social catastrophe. However, just as “The Biggest...
