by Laura Wershler | Oct 1, 2010 | Activism, Advertising, Communication, Health Care, magazines
It’s October again: breast cancer awareness month. Women’s magazines are featuring stories about breast cancer, charitable events all over North America are raising money for breast cancer research, and retailers are urging you to shop to cure breast...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 25, 2010 | Internet
More evidence that “abortion trauma syndrome” is a political label, not a clinical one: new research finds that teens who have abortions are no more likely to experience depression or self-esteem problems than than those who keep the pregnancy. Jezebel...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 22, 2010 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, magazines, Media
Poor Mother Nature. Defeated again. In saying “Paper wins”, do you think this ad is intended to criticize cloth pads and menstrual cups? Magazine ad for Tampax Pearl, October...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 18, 2010 | Internet
Ms. Magazine blog reports on crisis pregnancy centers using the lure of free pizza to attract women to fake clinics. Rodent research shows promise for treatment of premature ovarian failure with stem cells. Dozens of television stations (more than 100, by some counts)...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 16, 2010 | Advertising, Anatomy, Girls
Via Virginia at Beauty Schooled, who is celebrating her graduation from Beauty U by republishing selected posts, I found this August 24 article about the trend of spas offering hair removal services to increasingly younger clients – starting at age 8. Wanda...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 15, 2010 | Internet
re:Cycling is one year old today! We began with a few warm-up posts in the summer of 2009, but we launched officially (and sent out a press release to damn near everyone in the feminist blogosphere) on September 15. In that year, we’ve had more than 300 posts...
