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 Chris Bobel | Dec 3, 2009 | Activism, Communication, FemCare, Humor, Language, Men, Menstruation
Button by Insanitywear My friend, the poet and writer Andrea Scarpino, posted this brief essay on a blog she regularly contributes to–Steven Kuuisto‘s “Planet of the Blind.” It is not a coincidence that a blog centering on disability...
by Chris Bobel | Nov 14, 2009 | Advertising, Communication, Humor, Language, Media, Menstruation
The land of euphemisms is a fantasy land. It is awash in pink. It never rains. The houses are made of gingerbread and the clouds of cotton candy. Look! There goes My Little Pony! It is a safe and happy place that keeps us innocent and pure. Wait? Was that Strawberry...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 11, 2009 | Menstruation, Newspapers, Sex
The trend of sex columns in student newspapers is no longer new (although the student newspaper at the school where I teach lacks one): the first sex column in a student newspaper was published in 1997, at (where else?) University of California-Berkeley. The...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 20, 2009 | Health Care, New Research
When a link to this study, which found that the higher a patient’s BMI, the lower their physician’s respect for them, showed up in my Twitter feed yesterday (thanks, Michelle), I started connecting some dots. Women delay seeking treatment for menstrual...
