by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 17, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products
Last spring, Kotex introduced U by Kotex, a.k.a. You Buy Kotex, small tampons with bright neon applicators and a forward-thinking “Break the Cycle” advertising campaign announcing that Tampon Ads Are Ridiculous. Apparently tampon ads are STILL ridiculous....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 3, 2011 | Advertising, FemCare, Media, Television
This 1981 ad for Summer’s Eve explains fresh. This message is provided as historical information only; we here at re:Cycling do not endorse the practice of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 26, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare
In the spirit of Ms. magazine’s long-standing “No Comment” feature, I share without comment this e-card forwarded to me by a student:...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 20, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Language, Media, Television
In my visual communication class this week, I used several femcare ads (along with a couple of cell phone commercials and other images) to illustrate Althusser’s concept of interpellation. My students got more of a lesson than they bargained for, as I ended up...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 15, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Men, Menstruation, Television
Like Sheldon says, you could save a lot of money if you buy tampons in bulk. Lots of women are probably wishing they’d bought o.b. tampons in bulk, now that they’re going for $20 a box on ebay....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 5, 2011 | Activism, Girls, Menstruation, New Research, Reusable menstrual products
At re:Cycling, we’re interested in all kinds of menstruation and women’s health issues, all over the world. We have written several times about the need for menstrual pads for girls and women in developing nations, like the Kasissi Project Girls Program...
