by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 16, 2010 | Anatomy, Celebrities, Communication, Language, Television
The feminist blogosphere has been buzzing lately over all the decorations available for ladyparts. We chimed in ourselves on the labia dye, My New Pink Button. Now, via Broadsheet, we learn of “vajazzling”, or bedazzling one’s vajayjay. Actor...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 15, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, Internet, Menstruation
Since I am both far too old to follow Katy Perry on Twitter and too completely uninterested in celebrities’ personal lives to read The Huffington Post (WTF? Didn’t HP used to be a political blog?), a friend had to tip me off to the big news that Katy Perry...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 10, 2010 | Advertising, Celebrities, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Language, magazines, Menstruation
This advert for Tampax appears in the February 2010 issue of Marie Claire, and probably other ladymags as well. It shows tennis star Serena Williams posing in a victory stance with clenched fist in the foreground, while security guards cart off Mother Nature, who is...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 30, 2009 | Celebrities, Menstruation
As if you needed one. Gossip played a sold-out show Saturday night at London’s HMV Forum. Her period started moments before the performance, and instead of fretting about how to conceal it, Beth Ditto asked her fans to go on ‘bleed watch’. She said:...
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...