by Chris Hitchcock | Feb 22, 2011 | Media, Menstruation, New Research
The NYT article title reads The threatening scent of fertile women. I’ve felt it for years, and I still haven’t quite figured out why I react this way to this kind of article. Certainly it echos the age-old misogynistic discomfort of learned men for their...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 22, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, magazines, Menstruation
It looks like Kotex is winning. Explicit comparison to the competitor’s product is an advertising strategy of 30-40 years ago. Under the new rules, the competitor’s product doesn’t even exist, and certainly isn’t deserving of mention in a...
by Chris Hitchcock | Feb 18, 2011 | Menstruation
There’s an article in the Guardian describing Hiromi Ozaki’s upcoming art installation, simulating menstruation for those who lack the first hand experience. Interesting, as we previously discussed here at re:Cycling. It’s unfortunate that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 16, 2011 | Dysmenorrhea, Menstruation, New Research
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology reports that menstrual pain — like annoying noises and tedious computer tasks — hurts more in retrospect, if we anticipate experiencing it again: In the culminating field study of 180 women...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 9, 2011 | Anatomy, Art, Celebrities, Communication, Humor, Language, Menstruation
Norwegian athlete John Carew just revealed his new tattoo, which features wings and the phrase ‘Ma Vie, Mes Régles’. Apparently Mr. Carew believed that reads “My Life, My Rules”, but with an acute accent (é) instead of a grave accent (è), the actual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 31, 2011 | DIY, Humor, Independent Film, Menstruation
Reel Grrls produced this animated vision of what watching television might be like in a world where Gloria Steinem’s classic essay “If Men Could Menstruate” wasn’t fiction. (Via Lunapads twitter...
