by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 2, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, FemCare, Television
In the grand tradition of Ms. magazine, we present the latest installment of SNL’s “Classic ESPN Women’s Sports Tournament” with NO COMMENT. (OK, if you really want to know what we think, see our previous posts about this misogynist series....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 28, 2010 | Internet, Media, Menstruation, Objects
Readers who have been with us for a while may recall meeting the Period Fairy last fall. She was greeted with mixed reactions at re:Cycling, but she’s back, now with swag! Fans of the Period Fairy can now order t-shirts and coffee mugs with her likeness and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 27, 2010 | Activism, DIY, Humor, Internet, Menstruation, zine
Introducing Leak Chic. Chella Quint celebrates Fashion Week, recently ended in London and New York, with clot couture. StainsTM. A removable stain to wear on your own clothing as you see fit. A fashion statement that really says something, and that something is,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 27, 2010 | Internet
Some recommended reading from the past week in ladyblogs: Angela Bonavoglia of Women’s Media Center reports on practitioners of cosmetogynecology – and how utterly clueless they are. Endometriosis and the questions they ask at RH Reality Check. Hymenology...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 23, 2010 | Advertising, FemCare, Humor, Language, Menstruation
So last week (and yesterday on Twitter) I was griping about missing out on the panel discussion “That Not So Fresh Feeling: Marketing Embarrassing Products To Women” at HousingWorks in New York. Muchas gracias to Jessica Grose of Double X for taking video and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 22, 2010 | Books, Language, Literature, Menstruation
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College Dana Medoro, The Bleeding of America: Menstruation as Symbolic Economy in Pynchon, Faulkner and Morrison, Greenwood/Praeger, 2002. Pp. 198. $98. ISBN 0313320594. One of the ways the taboos surrounding...
