by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 21, 2011 | Celebrities, Humor, Menstruation, Studio Film
I’m not really a fan of Ashton Kutcher (and I haven’t seen this movie) but a boy who made a period mixtape for me would definitely have a chance. From the film No Strings...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 20, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Language, Media, Television
In my visual communication class this week, I used several femcare ads (along with a couple of cell phone commercials and other images) to illustrate Althusser’s concept of interpellation. My students got more of a lesson than they bargained for, as I ended up...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 8, 2010 | Advertising, Celebrities, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Is it just me, or is Tampax’s “Outsmart Mother Nature” campaign wearing a little thin? These two ads, from the June, 2010, edition of a ladymag, seem lackluster. Visually, they’re just not easy to read. Serena burns a hole into Mother...
by Chris Bobel | May 19, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, Language, Menstruation, Television
Monday morning: A friend tips me off that Joan Rivers’s on-TV use of the word PERIOD was bleeped! Yes, dear reader, somewhere, a censor deemsĀ even the innocuous euphemism for MENSTRUATION unsuitable for television. Uh…speechless. [You can view the clip at...