by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 20, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Language, Media, Television
In my visual communication class this week, I used several femcare ads (along with a couple of cell phone commercials and other images) to illustrate Althusser’s concept of interpellation. My students got more of a lesson than they bargained for, as I ended up...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Dec 5, 2010 | Menstruation
The UK Daily Mail newspaper last week reported that a company in Norway required that its female employees wear a red bracelet when menstruating as a way to monitor the extra toilet breaks it is assumed they need at that time. Firstly, and aside from all the...