Am I losing friends when I post menstrual cycle stuff on my Facebook page?
Am I losing friends when I post menstrual cycle stuff on my Facebook page? I wonder about that. Actually, I worry about that. But I post anyway. When someone “likes” a cycle post, every cell in my body tingles with glee, and sighs a little relief. The other day, a...
Advertise Your Period Dot Com
Today, in vintage femcare advertising, we bring you Tampax's idea of menstrual shaming, 1990s style: But Tampax doesn't understand menstruation as well as they think they do. Sure, it might be a little tiresome to have a Mariachi band follow you around...
Why Can’t We Criticize the Pill?
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall On February 10th, the Washington Post published an op-ed piece by Rachel Maddow. In this she outlines how there are Republicans who don't want birth control covered by insurance, they don't want Planned Parenthood receiving federal...
Bears, Vagina Vérité, Profiting from Periods, and more Weekend Links
Does your menstrual blood attract BEARS?!? You've been reading the web site for years -- now the book is finally available! Purchase your own copy of Vagina Vérité here. It's a book of close-up, documentary vulva photographs -- so we can see ourselves for ourselves --...
“Death Loves Menopause”: Heart and Stroke Foundation Sends Wrong Message
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has inaccurately branded menopause as a killer of women. I will not be sending them a donation. Last October, the foundation launched a fundraising campaign called Make Death Wait. Magazine and TV ads personify death as a man...
Menopause Tales
The philosopher of science Mary Midgley (1995) doesn’t mince words. She tells us: “The theory of evolution is not just an inert piece of theoretical science. It is, and cannot help being, also a powerful folk-tale about human origins.” Along these lines, stories...
