by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 10, 2011 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, magazines, Media
Kotex still wants us to “break the cycle“. But every time I see these ads, I think of Chella Quint‘s message to Kotex: We’re only gonna stop feeling the shame when we take ownership of our periods. And we’re taking it back from you, dude. So you...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 14, 2010 | Media, Menopause, New Research, Newspapers
Since yesterday, although it seems longer, my RSS reader has been clogged with links to news reports about a UCSF study in which some women who lost weight found that their hot flashes diminished. Of course, that’s not what the headlines say. Here’s a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 20, 2010 | Activism, Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Guest Post by Chella Quint, Adventures in Menstruating Okay, Kotex? Here’s the deal: We’re only gonna stop feeling the shame when we take ownership of our periods. And we’re taking it back from you, dude. So you can’t reclaim our periods for us. You’re some of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 21, 2010 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Humor, Internet, Media, Menstruation
Over the last week, I thought I had participated in enough discussions of Kotex’s new “Break the Cycle” campaign; we had a lengthy discussion here at re:Cycling, and I’ve joined in the comments at several other ladyblogs, as have my...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 15, 2010 | Activism, Advertising, FemCare, Men, Menstruation
Frequent re:Cycling contributor David Linton was profiled last week in The Online Rocket, the student newspaper of Slippery Rock University. Professor Linton gave a talk on campus about the role of men in advertising for menstrual...