by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 16, 2010 | Advertising, Anatomy, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Menstruation
This week, Kotex is launching a new campaign “that aims to encourage women to talk candidly and without embarrassment about periods and vaginal care”. Research statistics from the brand indicate that “vaginally-aware women” are more likely to...
by Chris Bobel | Feb 17, 2010 | Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Menstruation, New Research, Reusable menstrual products
We at re: Cycling have been tracking the African-girls-miss-school-because-they-menstruate equation for a while now. Specifically, we’ve questioned the assumption that menstrual FLOW management is girls’ biggest menstrual problem (it is not, says at...
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 | Dec 29, 2009 | Girls, Internet, Menarche, New Research
Janice Horowitiz’ “Dueling Docs” feature at Huffington Post today is about the issue of girls reaching puberty at increasingly earlier ages than previous generations. Both Dr. Alisan Goldfarb and Dr. Stephen Safe talk about endocrine disruptors such...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 23, 2009 | Birth Control, Girls, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, freelance writer (“Sweetening the Pill“) In the summer of this year, I was researching for a feature for Easy Living magazine on the potential side effects of the birth control pill and when searching for a news hook for...
by Laura Wershler | Dec 22, 2009 | Activism, Advertising, Birth Control, Girls, Health Care, Language, magazines, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
In a December 21, 2009 news release the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) proclaimed that “hormonal contraceptives offer benefits beyond pregnancy prevention“. You’d have to be an ostrich with her head in the sand not to have...
