by Saniya Lee Ghanoui | Jul 10, 2013 | Humor, Internet, Men
Reddit, the social entertainment website, has a section called “Reddit WTF?!” where users can post images or links that fit the category of “What the fuck?” Under the title of “Who Wants a Shot!?” one user posted an image of a package of five “flasks” that are in the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 25, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, History, Toxic Shock Syndrome
Don’t feel bad if you missed last week’s headline news about the deaths of 23 young women from their birth control. It was a top story for CBC news and a few other Canadian sources, but it was barely a blip on the radar of most U.S. news outlets. Yaz and Yasmin, two...
by David Linton | Jun 20, 2013 | Advertising, Media, Menstruation
If an argument still needs to be made that cultural attitudes toward the menstrual cycle vary tremendously from place to place, despite the biological universality of the phenomenon, perhaps the clearest source of proof lies in variations in advertising practices. For...
by Laura Wershler | May 29, 2013 | Activism, Communication, FemCare, Menstruation
It was great to see the media attention garnered last week by Red Moon Howl, the menstrual poetry slam happening in New York City on Friday night, June 7, 2013, at Marymount Manhattan College. The event is part of the upcoming Society for Menstrual Cycle Research...
by Laura Wershler | May 1, 2013 | Communication, Girls, magazines, Menarche, Menstruation
How do girls learn about menstruation today? Who talks to them? Who do they talk to? Or do most girls rely on the Internet for information about periods? Take this article by Elizabeth (bylines are first names only) – What I Wish I Knew About My Period – posted last...
