by Heather Dillaway | Aug 24, 2012 | Media, Menopause, PMS
Everybody knows “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Or at least we teach our kids this saying. It turns out now “an apple a day keeps menopause woes away,” at least according to the Red Hot Mamas’ website, and some other recent news...
by Heather Dillaway | Aug 16, 2012 | Celebrities, Communication, Hormones, Language, Media, Menopause
Big news this week: Sinead O’Connor announces she is excited to be reaching menopause and looks forward to her first hot flash. News stories in the Daily Mail and a celebrity gossip magazine called Female First characterize her as ready to “embrace”...
by David Linton | Aug 14, 2012 | Advertising, Menstruation, PMS
Saniya Ghanoui and David Linton How peculiar are the sexual politics of Cosmopolitan magazine?!?! We previously noted the editorial avoidance of menstrual sex, but let’s take a look at their most recent ride on the menstrual cycle. On one hand, Cosmo aspires to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 11, 2012 | Internet
That’s right — no weekend links today. I’m traveling this week and have limited internet access. Please peruse our archives in lieu of new links this week, and look forward to new weekend links later this month.…
by David Linton | Aug 6, 2012 | Books, Humor, Media, Menopause
Hallmark greeting cards and related trinkets have long exemplified wholesome, up-tempo, Norman Rockwell-styled sentimentality, often packaged in clichéd verses and trite images of puppies, kittens, flowers, babies, sunsets and other references guaranteed to elicit a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 4, 2012 | Internet
Hello, femcare companies? THIS is how you make a tampon ad! Another study in Appetite reports that chocolate cravings are unlikely to be induced by the menstrual cycle. (We reported on a previous study about PMS and chocolate cravings in Appetite three years ago.)...
