by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 10, 2010 | Advertising, Celebrities, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Language, magazines, Menstruation
This advert for Tampax appears in the February 2010 issue of Marie Claire, and probably other ladymags as well. It shows tennis star Serena Williams posing in a victory stance with clenched fist in the foreground, while security guards cart off Mother Nature, who is...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 9, 2010 | Activism, DIY, FemCare, Menstruation
We’ve mentioned Elizabeth Scharpf’s SHE (Sustainable Health Enterprises) at re:Cycling before. In 2009, Scharpf won the inaugural Harvard Business School Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship for her project helping local women in developing countries...
by Laura Wershler | Jan 7, 2010 | Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
I love Terry O’Reilly’s take on advertising and enjoy listening to his program The Age of Persusion on CBC radio whenever I get the opportunity, usually catching it by chance as I did this past Monday morning. This episode, Marketing the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 7, 2010 | Communication, Health Care, Humor, Internet, Sex
Some ecards, creators of absolutely genius electronic postcards, have introduced a special series of HPV WTF cards to commemorate National Cervical Health Month. (I’ll bet you didn’t even know it was National Cervical Health Month!) Send them to people you...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 6, 2010 | Advertising, FemCare, Pornography
Are you worried your labia just aren’t pornified enough? You’ve mowed the lawn and used expensive cleansers, but your labia just aren’t as pink as they used to be. Here’s a new labia dye, to restore that youthful pink to your pink parts....
