Pinning the Tampon on the Web
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVCoM4ao2Tw Having crafted a social media campaign to create brand consciousness and loyalty in young girls with its cartoon character, Kita, Kimberly-Clark's ad agency in Israel, Smoyz, has come up with another campaign aimed at a...
The Man-Pad Experiment, Life-Saving Contraceptives, Vajazzling, and More Weekend Links
This is from a few months ago, but I just discovered it this week, via MenInMenstruation: The Man-Pax Experiment. After being told by a reader that until he's worn one, he has no business making a tampon or maxi-pad joke, comedy writer Sam Jordan conducts a...
PMDD: No News Is News, for the APA
Guest Post by Joan Chrisler, Connecticut College I have to admit that I have not been closely following the news about the forthcoming edition (5th) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is expected to be published by the American...
It’s Time to Throw a Menstrual Party!
Does the notion of a Menstrual Party smack of an oxymoron? For most, that's a yes. And that's why we need one. There's so much more to Period=Yuck, and a good party can show us how much. Like any winner social event, this party is a time and place to gather and...
How to Break a Hymen, Period Party, and More Weekend Links
httpv://youtu.be/dFUXqQWX-oA Li'l Maxi (A.K.A. half of Toronto theater duo Pomme Is French for Apple) stars in "I Flow Heavy", an entertaining new music video, west Indian style, about the inconveniences of menstruation -- like cramps, expensive femcare, PMS, and...
Brassieres and Red Ribbons
Guest post by Karina Billini In the beginning of my college career, I was given powerful advice: “In every class you take, apply your craft. Challenge it and challenge yourself.” From gay studies to Child Development, I have taken the opportunity of higher education...
