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During That Time Of The Month, Do You Pretend It's Not?

Over on the blog Bitch Ph. D., M. LeBlanc has written a story titled "Coming Out Of The Menstruation Closet." At the heart of this period piece is the the way we feel the need to to hide the fact that we're shedding our uterine lining the way healthy females do. Since she was 11 years old, LeBlanc has been paranoid about that time of the month. "I still put the tampon in my pocket, or tuck it in my waistband if I don't have pockets for the walk from wherever I'm sitting to the bathroom, to make the change," she writes. "I still don't think I would ask a female friend for a tampon within earshot of any dude not my boyfriend. And I'm twenty-five, for god's sake." Surely she's not the only one. More »

2:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Dodai
11,946 views, 271 comments

Latest by browneyesblue: I will shout it from the rooftops. :) I HAVE MY PERIOD!!!! Oh! Wait I actually do :( Never mind :( more »

Did you know that 33% of women will get a hysterectomy before they're 60? Doctors say that as many as two thirds of the 600,000 hysterectomies performed each year are unnecessary, according to MSNBC. There are also several alternatives to the whole-enchilada hysterectomy that can help relieve excessive menstrual pain. but the hysterectomy is clearly the right choice for some — one of the women MSNBC interviewed had a period so bad she "had to put two towels on my bed at night with a garbage bag underneath," to catch all the blood. Talk about surfing the crimson wave. [MSNBC]

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Let It Bleed: A Look Back At Period-Related Advertising


Why is it that menstrual products like tampons, pads, and PMS meds are always marketed to us in the campiest way possible? It's almost as though everyone's so embarrassed about what periods really are that cheesy-ness, euphemisms, and blue liquid are used as distractions from the fact that vaginas actually, you know, bleed. (To paraphrase Alice Cooper.) Up top is an Australian ad from the '80s for Tampax with applicators, starring Naomi Watts, who bemoans all of life's hassles, particularly "that one you don't talk about." But you know how we do: We talk about it...and talk, and talk, and talk. Jeez, you'd think we couldn't get enough of our periods sometimes. Anyway, after the jump check out the gallery of vintage period commercials and print ads we compiled. More »

6:20 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Slut Machine
8,769 views, 114 comments

Latest by n/a: My name is Matthew and I appreciate this discussion, in part because I know that there are a few men who need to wear maxis due to health issues. Thanks for the commentary. more »