by Chris Bobel | Mar 3, 2010 | Activism, Art, Menstruation
Tina Turner didn’t sing THOSE lyrics, but what if? Those that follow re:Cycling may recall-with a grin and a cringe–how Ingrid Berthon-Moine’s portraits of women wearing their menstrual blood as lipstick sent many Guardian and Salon Broadsheet...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 10, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, Internet, Men, Menstruation, Newspapers, Television
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College Four years ago I published an article in Sex Roles (March 2006) about the twists and turns of the media coverage of a scandal that came to be known as “Camillagate.” It concerned the publication of a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 22, 2009 | FemCare, Internet, Men
I’m guessing many re:Cycling readers are familiar with Frank Warren’s Post Secret project. Every Sunday, Frank publishes online a collection of confessional postcards he’s received. He’s also curated several larger collections into best-selling...
by Chris Bobel | Oct 30, 2009 | Activism, Humor, magazines, Media, Menstruation
Them was fightin’ words. re:Cycling readers (thanks!) already know about Redbook‘s dimwitted “snub” of the soon-to-be released FLOW: The Cultural History of Menstruation: You welcome it, bemoan it, or just live with it. However you feel about...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 29, 2009 | Advertising, Celebrities, FemCare, Menstruation
Apropos of Chris’ most recent post, the video of Serena Williams’ new ad for Tampax just popped up in my RSS feed. You can check it out at right. I’m so torn on this. I’m pretty certain that this is the First. Time. Ever. that the word...