by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 12, 2010 | Internet
The ladies at Evil Slutopia uncover the rigors of Cosmopolitan magazine’s investigative journalism techniques. Nursing in public: If it bothers you, put a blanket over YOUR head. The CDC recent released a report about medical conditions that may interfere with...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 9, 2010 | Independent Film
All the way to $10,000, that is. Work on the new production from Trixie Films, How to Lose Your Virginity, is nearly complete. This film promises to be an innovative exploration of the American obsession with virginity and an outstanding classroom teaching tool:...
by Laura Wershler | Jun 8, 2010 | Birth Control, Girls, New Research, Newspapers, Reproduction, Sex
Teen sex: More use rhythm method for birth control. It was an odd headline for an Associated Press story on the 86 page report on teen sexual activity just released by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Not all that relevant to the broader subject of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 8, 2010 | Advertising, Celebrities, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Is it just me, or is Tampax’s “Outsmart Mother Nature” campaign wearing a little thin? These two ads, from the June, 2010, edition of a ladymag, seem lackluster. Visually, they’re just not easy to read. Serena burns a hole into Mother...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 5, 2010 | Internet
In case you missed these stories this week: Tasha Fierce takes on the whole concept of ‘feminine hygiene’: That Not-So-Fresh Feeling. Copyranter looks at the next ad in the Kitadol campaign. (See the previous ad for this PMS treatment here.) Proctor &...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 3, 2010 | Advertising, Anatomy, magazines
But only when you’re clean and fresh “down there”. Apparently women’s natural, in-born courage is best nurtured with scented moist towelettes. I can’t decide what’s more offensive – the content of this ad, or the fact that...
