by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 15, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Humor, Menstruation
Today, in vintage femcare advertising, we bring you Tampax’s idea of menstrual shaming, 1990s style: But Tampax doesn’t understand menstruation as well as they think they do. Sure, it might be a little tiresome to have a Mariachi band follow you...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 16, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Tampons were so empowering in the ’80s. Note also the brief, fine print warning about Toxic Shock Syndrome. It’s apparently important that you read the other...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 4, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation
Guest post by Lauren Ingram Libra is the Australian and New Zealand arm of an international brand of women’s ‘feminine hygiene’ products. So basically, they sell tampons, pads, and other femcare products. I’ve never tended to pay much attention...
by David Linton | Dec 6, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Menstruation, Sex
For nearly a century, ads and other promotional materials for menstrual products have been based on claims that the pad, tampon or, more recently, cup or pill, would make it possible for women to participate in activities that their periods would otherwise have...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 5, 2011 | Activism, Advertising, DIY, FemCare, Humor
If you’ve been with us for a while, you might remember that we (and our fabulous readers) had a lot to say in the spring of 2010 when Kotex launched U by Kotex (or YOU.BUY.KOTEX, as we came to call it) and its “Break the Cycle” campaign. In digging...
