by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 27, 2012 | Advertising, FemCare, Humor
Here’s Chella Quint, of Adventures in Menstruating, with more ad busting and shame busting. For even more, see her post at Ms. blog. Chella Quint is just back from delivering a TEDx Talk, ‘Adventures in Menstruating: Don’t Use Shame to Sell’,...
by David Linton | Apr 27, 2012 | Communication, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Menstruation
Despite occasional efforts by manufacturers of menstrual pads and tampons (the giants of the menstrual-industrial complex – thanks, President Eisenhower) to present period-positive images, they still seem unable to resist representing menstruation as an undesirable,...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Feb 16, 2012 | Communication, FemCare, Menstruation
Am I losing friends when I post menstrual cycle stuff on my Facebook page? I wonder about that. Actually, I worry about that. But I post anyway. When someone “likes” a cycle post, every cell in my body tingles with glee, and sighs a little relief. The other day, a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 21, 2011 | Disposable menstrual products, Men, Menstruation
When Arunachalam Muruganantham discovered that his wife was using old rags for menstrual pads to save their family the cost of pre-manufactured sanitary napkins (paying Indian prices for sanitary napkins “meant no milk for the family” that week), he...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 30, 2011 | FemCare, Menstruation, Objects, Reusable menstrual products
When I talk with young women who’ve never heard about alternative menstrual products, they often have a hard time imagining inserting something the size of a menstrual cup. For some reason, asking them to picture a silicone (or rubber) cone-shaped shot glass...
