by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 16, 2010 | Advertising, Anatomy, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Menstruation
This week, Kotex is launching a new campaign “that aims to encourage women to talk candidly and without embarrassment about periods and vaginal care”. Research statistics from the brand indicate that “vaginally-aware women” are more likely to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 15, 2010 | Activism, Advertising, FemCare, Men, Menstruation
Frequent re:Cycling contributor David Linton was profiled last week in The Online Rocket, the student newspaper of Slippery Rock University. Professor Linton gave a talk on campus about the role of men in advertising for menstrual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 14, 2010 | Internet
We posted with a few warm-up entries last summer, but re:Cycling officially launched on September 15, 2009. So we’ve been period-blogging for six months! Here are some of our milestones: 178 entries (this one is #179) in 49 categories, with 230 tags Largest...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 9, 2010 | New Research, Newspapers, PMDD, PMS
Guest Post by Amber Steele, University of Cambridge There have been a couple of stories in the press recently touting a study by Joanna Spencer and colleagues suggesting that PMDD may be genetic. I had a cursory look through the paper and read the article. Changes in...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 7, 2010 | Health Care, Menopause, New Research
Guest Post by Jerilynn C. Prior, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research A hot flush causes failure on a lie detector test! The same galvanic skin response (in simple terms—clammy skin) is positive in both. Why? Because—with every flush—there is massive...
