by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 2, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, FemCare, Television
In the grand tradition of Ms. magazine, we present the latest installment of SNL’s “Classic ESPN Women’s Sports Tournament” with NO COMMENT. (OK, if you really want to know what we think, see our previous posts about this misogynist series....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 18, 2010 | Advertising, Communication, FemCare, Humor
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,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 10, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, Internet, Men, Menstruation, Newspapers, Television
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College Four years ago I published an article in Sex Roles (March 2006) about the twists and turns of the media coverage of a scandal that came to be known as “Camillagate.” It concerned the publication of a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 8, 2010 | Books, Communication, Girls, Menstruation, New Research
If I correctly understand the terms of SHM’s copyright agreement with Oxford University Press, I am permitted to publish this unedited version of my review as a “pre-print” article. The final version will be available only from Social History of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 2, 2010 | Anatomy, Communication, Internet, New Research, Newspapers, Ovulation, Reproduction
There’s been quite a bit of internet buzz during the last week or so about a study conducted at University of St Andrews and Edinburgh University by Tom Kelsey, in which he and his colleagues develop a computer model of how a woman’s supply of eggs...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 27, 2010 | Communication, FemCare, Humor, Internet, Language, Television
Word on the street is that Apple is introducing their first tablet computer today. With their usual flourish, they’ve named it . . . wait for it . . . the iPad. ETA: The ladies at Jezebel have published more than one compilation of period-related iPad jokes. A...