by Chris Bobel | Sep 12, 2011 | Activism, Menstruation
Sarah Konner and Toni Craige are two impressive women. They are biking all the way down the west coast and living on $4/day while spreading the word of sustainable menstrual care. Menstrual activism in motion! Theirs is a great model of seeing a need and doing...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 10, 2011 | Internet
It’s not really about clitoral vs. vaginal orgasms: The Clitoris, the Vagina and Orgasm: Feelings and Frameworks. In a personal narrative at Feministing.com, blogger Jos explains what my Christian fundamentalist upbringing taught me about periods. Do not try...
by Chris Bobel | Sep 5, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation, Reusable menstrual products
Mooncup, the British reusable menstrual cup makers, just launched their Love Your Beach? Love Your Vagina campaign—a compelling attempt to connect the care for your body/care for your planet messages at the root of the push for alternative menstrual care. My first...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 3, 2011 | Internet
There were a couple of posts in the feminist blogosphere this week in defense of period sex. Apparently heterosexual men need to be reminded from time to time. This story about a nightmarish experience going off hormonal contraceptives has been making the rounds...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 30, 2011 | Disposable menstrual products, Humor
Humorous tampon marketing of the kind we’ll probably never see in the U.S. [My apologies — I’ve lost track of the original source.] Thanks to reader NakedThoughts for providing a link to Red Wombat Studio, the creator of this idealistic tampon...
