by Laura Wershler | Jun 14, 2010 | Communication, Menstruation, Radio
Tonight’s the night, Monday, June 14th, to tune in as CBC Radio airs Part One of: Seeing RED: A Cultural History of Menstruation. This two part documentary concludes next Monday, June 21st. If you miss the original broadcast, which you can listen to online at...
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 | May 29, 2010 | Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Ready to play Evo-Psych bingo, that is. I don’t know quite what else to do with a study like this: Women’s preferences for masculinity in male faces are highest during reproductive age range and lower around puberty and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 24, 2010 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation
This ad for Lifestyle stretch fit menstrual pads is actually a sticker placed over the drain in sinks of public restrooms. There are no flowers, no gauzy white dresses or white spandex pants, and it demonstrates the key features of the product, such as adaptable fit...
by Chris Bobel | May 19, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, Language, Menstruation, Television
Monday morning: A friend tips me off that Joan Rivers’s on-TV use of the word PERIOD was bleeped! Yes, dear reader, somewhere, a censor deems even the innocuous euphemism for MENSTRUATION unsuitable for television. Uh…speechless. [You can view the clip at...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 13, 2010 | Language, magazines, Menstruation
From now on, I’m going to refer to periods as “monthly Balkan dance parties”, just because Philebrity magazine told me not to. Seriously, that’s at least as good as “Communists in the fun house” and “rebooting the ovarian...