Because nothing is funnier than PMS
Ha ha! It's funny because PMS turns women into hideous monsters! Just like Mexican wrestlers! Get it? Yeah, I'm not laughing either at this ad for Kitadol. Neither is Copyranter. [via Glad Rags]
Whose “Last Stand?”
If you watched the Super Bowl this year, you likely saw the new Dodge Charger ad "Man's Last Stand." If not, drop what you are doing and watch it right this minute and sound the gender panic alarm! There's a crisis! Masculinity is endangered! The women are taking...
Marketing Ladyproducts to Ladies
NBC New York's website just announced an upcoming presentation titled “That Not So Fresh Feeling: Marketing Embarrassing Products To Women,” to be hosted by DoubleX (the ladyblog spin off of Slate.com) on February 22. The panel of experts includes Susan Kim, co-author...
The Cloth Pad Gets Around the African Continent
We at re: Cycling have been tracking the African-girls-miss-school-because-they-menstruate equation for a while now. Specifically, we've questioned the assumption that menstrual FLOW management is girls' biggest menstrual problem (it is not, says at least one recent...
Today in Unnecessary Inventions
An Israeli inventor has applied for a patent for a device to shorten the duration of menstrual flow. Apparently it works by insertion into the vagina and "delivering pressure oscillations and/or acoustic waves and/or shock waves to the vagina and cervix to change the...
Selling Shoes for Running while Cycling
Asics footwear has developed a new running shoe that accommodates changes in women's arches across the menstrual cycle. According to the Daily Mail, new research shows that changes in levels of estrogen affect flexibility and the height of the foot's arch. When...
