by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 1, 2012 | Internet
Margaret McCartney writes about the mixed messages regarding “The V word in advertising selling genital hygiene products to women” in the British Medical Journal. A new report published in Obstetrics & Gynecology says that compounded bioidentical...
by Heather Dillaway | Aug 24, 2012 | Media, Menopause, PMS
Everybody knows “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Or at least we teach our kids this saying. It turns out now “an apple a day keeps menopause woes away,” at least according to the Red Hot Mamas’ website, and some other recent news...
by David Linton | Aug 14, 2012 | Advertising, Menstruation, PMS
Saniya Ghanoui and David Linton How peculiar are the sexual politics of Cosmopolitan magazine?!?! We previously noted the editorial avoidance of menstrual sex, but let’s take a look at their most recent ride on the menstrual cycle. On one hand, Cosmo aspires to...
by David Linton | Aug 6, 2012 | Books, Humor, Media, Menopause
Hallmark greeting cards and related trinkets have long exemplified wholesome, up-tempo, Norman Rockwell-styled sentimentality, often packaged in clichéd verses and trite images of puppies, kittens, flowers, babies, sunsets and other references guaranteed to elicit a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 4, 2012 | Internet
Hello, femcare companies? THIS is how you make a tampon ad! Another study in Appetite reports that chocolate cravings are unlikely to be induced by the menstrual cycle. (We reported on a previous study about PMS and chocolate cravings in Appetite three years ago.)...
