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 Chris Bobel | Oct 28, 2009 | Activism, Advertising, FemCare, Internet, Men, Menstruation
I don’t know how it happened, but somehow, I missed the viral web-based marketing campaign “Men with Cramps” launched in 2006 by Dandelion for P&G’s ThermaCare. (Dandelion, by the way, calls themselves a “brand-sponsored storytelling company”. I. Am....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 27, 2009 | Books, Menstruation
Well, we do, of course. But the editors of Redbook magazine assume that the topic is not of even the slightest interest to their readers. The clipping at the left is from the November, 2009, issue, which I found at my neighborhood laundromat. It’s from a larger...
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 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...
