by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 16, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Tampons were so empowering in the ’80s. Note also the brief, fine print warning about Toxic Shock Syndrome. It’s apparently important that you read the other...
by Laura Wershler | Jan 11, 2012 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Ovulation
The Internet abounds with articles, posts and forum discussions about coming off the birth control pill. Women are looking for information and advice. Many are trying to get pregnant, others are just done with hormonal contraception. It’s a topic that interests many...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 4, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation
Guest post by Lauren Ingram Libra is the Australian and New Zealand arm of an international brand of women’s ‘feminine hygiene’ products. So basically, they sell tampons, pads, and other femcare products. I’ve never tended to pay much attention...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 1, 2012 | Internet, Menstruation
This site is tracked by Google Analytics, WordPress’ StatPress, and at least one other web tracker. But instead of digging through all of our statistics of most commented, most linked, most page loads, etc., when I was recently asked about the best posts of...
by Chris Bobel | Dec 26, 2011 | Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
What happens when get a bunch of interdisciplinary menstrual cycle researchers together and give them each a topic or two and a word count? You get a pithy document called “The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective” available to anyone who needs to...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Dec 22, 2011 | Girls, Menstruation
Last month I wrote about what I would tell the ten-year-old girl in my life about menstruation. This would be my first conversation about it with her. I really appreciated the supportive responses that I received in the comments and offline! I was nervous about it....
