by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 13, 2009 | Communication, FemCare, Menstruation, Television
Guest Post by Heather Dillaway, Wayne State University Trying to find a reason to stay up late this past Saturday night, I found myself watching Saturday Night Live for a few minutes. Unfortunately I tuned in right before a skit called “Tampax to the Max,” a skit...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 12, 2009 | Communication, Health Care
Via Women’s Health News (a very useful blog maintained by medical librarian Rachel Walden), I learned of My OB said WHAT?!?. This site tracks appalling, offensive, and a few downright abusive things OB-GYN practitioners have said to their patients. A few...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 9, 2009 | Communication, Menstruation, New Research
It’s great that menstrual taboo and stigma is ‘over’, as Amanda Fortini informed us earlier this week (see Chris’ post about the menstrual activism shitstorm across several blogs this week). Now maybe all those women suffering from debilitating...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 8, 2009 | Internet, PMS
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College A lot of ideas get hatched in a bar over drinks with friends. Most don’t make it past the sober morning after. But a conversation in a Denver bistro in 2008 led to the creation of a new Internet service that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 6, 2009 | Media
Who knows everything about the world, is fluent in every language, and knows all your secrets? That’s right – it’s The Period Fairy. This amusing caricature was created by Stephanie Crippen-Myrick to bring a little levity to menstruation. The first...
