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Yeah, I made a wreath out of tampons. What? It's no secret I have a vajay and this shit's fertile as fuq. More »
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Last night's episode of the sometimes-funny always-racially-insensitive CBS show 2 Broke Girls involved a sub-plot about the price of tampons in the diner. While the shtick itself was kind of painful — "the man who thinks your menses should be more expenzees" — I can't think of another time I've heard the word "tampon" so often on primetime TV. More »
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A New Zealand ad for Libra tampons, which shows two people in a bathroom competing to see who's the better woman, is drawing protests because it discriminates against transgender people. "It's extremely offensive because it's pretty much saying the only way you can be a woman is to get your period," says Agender NZ president Cherise Witehira. "That's where a lot of the anger in the community is coming from — it's saying you are not a woman unless you can get your period. Obviously we can't menstruate. However, we identify as female." Some claim the ad isn't offensive because it doesn't show a transgender woman, but a drag queen (according to this theory, gender identity can be determined by the amount of eyeshadow one applies). Either way, the spot has pulled off the impossible: We're now longing to see women riding their bikes in white shorts and frolicking in a meadow. More »
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You may remember the national crisis that was unleashed when O.B. tampons went missing from store shelves late last year. Eventually they returned, and we breathed a collective sigh of relief. Now, after causing such a mess, O.B. is trying to win back our hearts in the form of a personalized apology song. More »
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Okay, it's only Monday, so it's entirely possible that something more awful than Kotex contaminated with the bacterium Enterobacter sakazakii could come down the pike. But we hope not. More »
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An Australian woman has pled guilty to assault after throwing a wet tampon at a McDonald's employee. She says her crime has been blown out of proportion, but her victim feels justice has been served. More »
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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 style," and now that can include the color of the plastic applicator you have in your hand for mere seconds. You can swap the four different tampon colors — purple, yellow, green, and pink — on Kotex's website. Lodging a wad of cotton in your vagina has never been cuter! More »
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The myth that tampons steal your virginity has been around for awhile, but we were still taken aback to find it being espoused by an adult, with a child, on the Tampax website. An expert answering questions was faced with the following: More »
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World of Wonder uncovered two vintage ads for Modess tampons from the 1950s. I mean, just look at 'em: These graceful women dressed in beautiful, flowy gowns — it's like Scarlett O'Hara is hawking the tampons herself. A far cry from the talking vagina bullshit we're stuck with today. More »
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Starting around middle school, many of us learn that periods are awkward. They require special behaviors and products, some of which we need to perform or purchase in public, and yet we're supposed to keep them totally private. Also, there is blood everywhere. But never fear — we're here to help you negotiate your time of month with grace and aplomb. More »
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Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Louis C.K. recounted the period in his prepubescent life when he briefly got addicted to shoplifting—except he was shoplifting tampons, because he didn't know what they were, other than that they were "dirty." He began to stockpile the boxes under his bed over several months until one day they just weren't there anymore. They had been mysteriously cleaned out. No one ever confronted him about the situation, but we trust they were put to good use. More »
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The other night, the most disgusting thing that has ever befallen me in a bathroom happened. More »
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Ever get that not-so-scrubbed-and-disinfected feeling? A box of new RepHresh brand "Brilliant" tampons ("RepHresh"—as in your pH is too bloody high) easily passes for dishwasher detergent: gleaming yellow with suds and sunshine and an uncanny resemblance to Mr. Clean ...and S.O.S....and Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda. More »
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Royal wedding themed condoms: for those special times when Harry Potter: Protect Your Wand condoms would be too undignified. More »
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Want to discourage your kitty from playing with your bloody tampons? Give her one of her own! The same seller also offers poop and fetus cat toys, just to make sure your cat offends everyone you know. More »
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Big news! As one reader wrote in an email, "There is a god." More »
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Something very strange has been going on in the world of menstrual management products. A month after I wrote about OB Ultra tampons being discontinued, it seems any type of OB tampon is impossible to find. More »
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After reading these reader-submitted tales of roommate horror, you will never be mad about a simple unwashed dish again. Warning: there will be blood. More »
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I've been using O.B. Ultra for years. Years! And recently, I found it missing from my local drug store shelves. I tried Drugstore.com, Walgreens.com, KMart.com, Amazon.com Target.com and the awesomely named Tampons, Pads and Beyond. No luck. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5681837&view=rss&microfeed=true Since 1976's Carrie—the first film to graphically depict menstruation—periods have been portrayed in movies as horrific, disgusting, annoying, and occasionally, celebratory. Here, we've collected scenes from over 25 movies that feature the cinematic history of "the curse." More »
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On the Today show this morning, Hoda Kotb announced her idea for solving the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico: "A gigantic, huge tampon." More »
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Ladies, allow us to introduce "Max," the dashing new mascot of a French advertising campaign from your friends at Tampax. Prince Charles would be pleased. [Fan de Max via The Frisky] More »
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Click to viewYou already know that people have trouble saying the word vagina, and that euphemistic tampon marketing is absurd. The first round of Kotex ads indicated that their agency actually knew that too. The latest round is even better. More »
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Today in wearable art: A shirt made of tampons. It looks almost like an exotic fur, but infinitely more absorbent. [Walter Raes via Ecouterre] More »
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The strange history of tampons — as sex aid, as metaphor, as the source of "tampon tea" — in the popular culture is a story of women's bodies, reality television, otherization, patriarchy, period sex, and, um, Prince Charles. More »
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WARNING: The following is a really, really gross story. It may even qualify as "beyond gross." More »
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Menstruation has always been marketed as a very personal thing, a magical moment when a woman's uterus whispers sweet nothings captured by a special, pillowy product. Or so the average period-products commercial would have you believe. More »
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Yesterday Slate hosted a panel on "Marketing Embarrassing Products to Women," in which Target: Women genius Sarah Haskins, writer Susan Kim, and TV producer Allison Silverman taught us about rubber aprons, electric vibrators, and the mysteries of blue liquid. More »
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...they've got a problem on their hands. Because we're backing away slowly from her pain-filled, yet challenging, gaze. [Vintage_Ads] More »
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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] More »
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Tampons, like painful memories and the websites on which one was once paid to instantaneously chronicle in vivid detail said memories, can haunt. Herewith, Moe Tkacik passionately appeals for longer tampon strings by writing extra-long sentences. (Warning: it happened, again.) More »
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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. More »
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Today we learned an awesome new word: Menarchy, or menstrual anarchy. This is just one name for the growing movement to make "the curse" something a little more bearable. Or, as the case may be, wearable. More »
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Has someone you love recently retired from a long and accomplished career of menstruation? Why not recognize her monthly achievements with this tasteful Golden Tampon Lifetime Achievement Award? Warning: do not insert. [Craftzine] More »
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Sociological Images posted a smart breakdown of vintage tampon ads, which present their products as "modern" and women who do not use them as "old-fashioned." But can you imagine having to explain tampons to your mom? [Contexts] More »
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In this surprisingly charming and funny filmstrip, a girl named Judy and her boyfriend take a trippy journey and learn everything they need to know about menstruation. (Let's not take the film's advice and use two tampons at once!) More »
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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve everyone's problems with an herbal remedy. More »
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The challenging - and euphemism-filled - history of tampon advertising is one long, strange trip. More »
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A "major hydraulic failure" at a sewage treatment plant in Halifax, Nova Scotia has caused authorities to remove four solid waste outflow filters "as they were backing up with what the mayor called 'floatables,'" a.k.a. flushed tampon applicators. More »
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An all-male creative team in Switzerland have created this vampire-themed ad for o.b. Click for larger image. [Copyranter] More »
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