by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 21, 2013 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, magazines
It’s Throwback Thursday on social media, and we’re joining in with this ad for Pursettes tampons that ran in Cosmpolitan (U.S.) magazine in 1966. Nearly 50 years on, little has changed in femcare marketing: Look at the familiar themes of medicalization of...
by Breanne Fahs | Jan 17, 2013 | Communication, Menstruation
During my more rugged travel experiences, I have often found myself confronted with the formidable task of facing the limitations and boundaries of my physical self. While in India, for example, I often had to contemplate the dilemmas of drinking water (and therefore...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 20, 2012 | Communication, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Guest Post by Saniya Ghanoui I always felt that airline travel involves building many short-lasting friendships where people bond over delayed flights, weather problems and luggage issues. Recently I was traveling and had to make a connection in the Dallas/Ft. Worth...
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...