by Chris Bobel | Sep 5, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation, Reusable menstrual products
Mooncup, the British reusable menstrual cup makers, just launched their Love Your Beach? Love Your Vagina campaign—a compelling attempt to connect the care for your body/care for your planet messages at the root of the push for alternative menstrual care. My first...
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...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 24, 2010 | Activism, DIY, FemCare, Reusable menstrual products
The lovely ladies of LunaPads have made a sweet little video that explains why you should make the switch from paper products to cloth pads – in less than 90 seconds! If you’ve already made the switch, this is an easy way to persuade your friends. You can...
by Giovanna Chesler | Apr 14, 2010 | Activism, Advertising, FemCare, Humor, Menstruation, Reusable menstrual products, zine
Last Sunday evening, at the Lower East Side bookstore (and feminist Mecca) Bluestockings, Chella Quint attempted to begin her 5th installment of a performance built from her zine Adventures in Menstruating. However this piece, Here’s The Science Bit, was quite...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 10, 2010 | Menstruation, New Research, Reusable menstrual products
A small study published this month in the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology tested effectiveness of the mooncup. The results won’t surprise anyone who has used one: “The Mooncup leaked 0.5 times less frequently and required to be changed 2.8 times...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 18, 2010 | Advertising, FemCare, Language, Menstruation, Reusable menstrual products
Or coochie, or bajingo, or vajayjay, or any other term for female genitalia. The big news in U.S. femcare this week is the launch of Kotex’s new “Break the Cycle” campaign, and the refusal of American television to air commercials that use the word...
