Most women get the "period talk" when they start bleeding once a month, but few receive advice when their periods go away. Or at least that's what Kimberly-Clark is banking on with "Second Talk," a new campaign geared towards women 40 and over who are or will soon be going through menopause. » 7/10/12 3:20pm 7/10/12 3:20pm

We've had some time to process Kotex's introduction of pads with pretty designs for women to bleed all over, but we weren't aware that the limited-edition "Designer Series" also includes tampons. Kristi Bryant, a Kimberly-Clark design manager, says the new line is an "extension of today's young women's personal… » 8/11/11 4:05pm 8/11/11 4:05pm

Elizabeth Scharpf won the Curry Stone Design Prize for creating sanitary pads made from banana trees, which are 65% cheaper than Procter & Gamble's pads. Scharpf's organization Sustainable Health Enterprises is helping African women start their own banana pad businesses. » 10/14/10 12:47pm 10/14/10 12:47pm

I've always found the word "speculum" really disgusting. Not the device, although that's no picnic, but the word itself. Here's why: » 4/27/10 1:30pm 4/27/10 1:30pm

"In 1978, a team of scientists succeeded in proving that :vaginal malodor" among women using the contraceptive sponge is caused by sperm — specifically, the components sperm breaks down into after having been killed by spermicide." [BoingBoing] » 4/19/10 6:30pm 4/19/10 6:30pm

See, the second two words kind of cancel out the first two. [ModernMechanix] » 1/28/10 7:40pm 1/28/10 7:40pm

You're not unique, just another mindless sheep refusing to face facts. You'll stick this tampon up your vagina and like it. Or else. [Vintage_Ads] » 1/28/10 1:40pm 1/28/10 1:40pm

From a 1930 Physical Culture: "Superior because safe, LUCOROL is non-injurious. Convenient and used without mixing...Dr. Lillian Whitney's book of facts, "The Modern Science of Feminine Hygiene." Tells "why" and "how" of modern methods." [ModernMechanix] » 3/31/09 5:50pm 3/31/09 5:50pm

Have you ever wondered what life looks like for a vagina? This video, from a Dutch advertising company, shows an entire day from the POV of one of the female reproductive organs. » 1/12/09 10:30am 1/12/09 10:30am

It's hard to decide which is better: the oceans of blue liquid we are confronted with nowadays or the David Foster Wallace novel that is this Kotex ad from 1947. "Discreet" does not begin to describe it; the sanitary napkins are concealed within layers of teen-friendly prose, topics ranging from how to accept a… » 7/17/08 3:30pm 7/17/08 3:30pm

A British woman named Nicky Taylor — like millions of women — had a morning hygiene routine going on. Shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, cleanser, moisturizer, toothpaste, mouthwash, anti-aging serum, make-up, hair get, deodorant and perfume. She used skin creams at night as well. In fact, she had so much in her… » 8/24/07 1:30pm 8/24/07 1:30pm