In Search of The Perfect Vagina
"If you'd told me three months ago that I'd let a plastic surgeon examine my froufrou, that I'd show it to another woman (who wasn't a doctor) and then allow an artist to take a cast of my Mary, I'd have laughed you out of the house. But it's extraordinary how...
Weekend Links
Snow on the ground and subzero temperatures this week, so I'm doing nothing but reading: I'll Show You Mine: Wrenna Robertson responds to the increasing popularity of labiaplasty with a new book featuring close-up, color photographs of women’s vulvas accompanied by...
Newsflash: Women threaten men
The NYT article title reads The threatening scent of fertile women. I've felt it for years, and I still haven't quite figured out why I react this way to this kind of article. Certainly it echos the age-old misogynistic discomfort of learned men for their own sexual...
Advertising Wars: Tampax vs. Kotex
It looks like Kotex is winning. Explicit comparison to the competitor's product is an advertising strategy of 30-40 years ago. Under the new rules, the competitor's product doesn't even exist, and certainly isn't deserving of mention in a promotion for your own.
Weekend Links
A study of women with bipolar disorders indicates that premenstrual mood exacerbation may be a clinical marker predicting more depressive episodes and more severe symptoms. Provoked by the approval of the Pence Amendment to cut off ALL funding to Planned Parenthood,...
Menstruation as Modern Art?
There's an article in the Guardian describing Hiromi Ozaki's upcoming art installation, simulating menstruation for those who lack the first hand experience. Interesting, as we previously discussed here at re:Cycling. It's unfortunate that artist's rationale is framed...
