The neon bright blue liquid that appears in menstrual product commercials, that we all know should be a disgusting glob of red-brown blood, is hopefully on its way out. The brand Kotex has started to ...

Fast Company weaves an amazing story about Indian inventor Arunachalam Muruganantham, who lost his wife, friends, and, well, almost everything in his quest to build a better sanitary napkin by wearing ...

Sometimes the rash can be the result of irritation from something the pad is made from. Other times the combination of moisture and heat can contribute to bacterial buildup. Wearing a sanitary or maxi ...

Copyranter got so excited about seeing "blood" on a sanitary pad in an Always ad that it took two exclamation points to point it out in the headline, which refers to a tampon rather than a maxi pad.

Every month, more than two billion people all around the world menstruate, generating a treasure trove of data that could indicate their health status. Yet, the sample containing this ...

Making fun of “feminine product” ads is entry-level ad criticism. The blue water used to demonstrate the tampon or pad’s ability to absorb “liquid” (no mention of blood, of course)? The tendency of ...

I, like countless preteen sensations before and after me, learned many of the hard facts about puberty, periods, and breast enlargement exercises from Judy Blume's Are You There, God? It's Me, ...

Women and girls across much of the developing world lack access to menstrual products. This means that for at least a week or so every month, many girls don’t go to school, so they fall behind ...

Women bleed every month. It’s called our menstrual cycle, and it’s a fact of life. For Mexican singer and actress Patricia Navidad, it is also true. And during one of her recent performances, ...