by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 21, 2010 | Internet
Are you a menstrual activist? Tell the Lunapads ladies what menstrual activism means to you, and you could win a copy of Chris Bobel’s brilliant new book, New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation, or a set of Jen Vaughn’s delightful...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 20, 2010 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Media
Ladies, are your tampons doing enough? Apparently absorbing menstrual fluid without leaking is no longer sufficient: new, Brilliant pH tampons “are clinically shown to reduce the usual feminine pH increase that occurs during your period.” But let Dr....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 18, 2010 | Anatomy, New Research, Newspapers
Does taking the Pill increase the size of your brain? According to this story in The Daily Mail, you betcha. And it makes women more talkative, too. That’s right – brain scans of 28 women PROVE it. I know not to take too seriously such headlines in The...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 16, 2010 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Media, Menstruation
Procter & Gamble femcare ads are such an easy target. It’s shooting fish in a barrel. Periods = lightning? Really? And the classic deictic euphemism, “it”, well, that just makes me tired. At least there’s no blue liquid....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 14, 2010 | Internet
This week’s picks: Ella, a new emergency contraceptive that is effective for up to five days after unprotected sex, was approved by the FDA yesterday. New study of 2000 Chinese women indicates the IUD is effective for emergency birth control. Contrary to most...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 12, 2010 | Anatomy, Girls, Internet, Media, New Research, Newspapers
When the story that girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever began popping up everywhere this week, I did not doubt its veracity. It was no coincidence that I received an email from a friend yesterday, observing with mixed feelings that she had just purchased a...
