by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 18, 2012 | Film, Media, Menstruation, Television
Guest Post by Lauren Rosewarne, University of Melbourne Exploring missing menstruation on screen Periods are depicted far more often on screen than I could have ever imagined; perhaps the biggest surprise I got from spending a year researching the topic. Less...
by Laura Wershler | Jun 28, 2012 | Menstruation
Body Literacy. It’s cool to see a phrase I championed infiltrate the language, be taken up and used by others. Not always referenced, but used. And that’s okay by me. I want #bodyliteracy to become a flourishing Twitter hashtag. I first used the term in June 2005,...
by David Linton | Jun 19, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation, Sex
Some months ago we published a piece titled “Menstrual Sex: the Last Taboo in Advertising?” It was an analysis of a magazine ad for Softcups, a disposable menstrual collection cup, and it generated some interesting feedback. Some reader took exception to...
by David Linton | May 22, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Internet
Scary Little Menstruating Girl [note: Although re:Cycling has an international audience, the following post is written from the perspective of an North American consumer.] As is well known, cultural practices and attitudes regarding menstruation vary widely from place...
by Chris Bobel | May 14, 2012 | Advertising, Communication, FemCare, Menstruation
What is worse? A problem unnamed or a problem named and denied as our own? In a recent class discussion, a (white) student shared that she while she was in high school (a racially diverse high school, she explained), “everybody got along and racism was not a problem.”...
