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April 14, 2022 0 Comments

Red Flag

A woman removes her tampon. It’s not an unusual scene. However, the photolithography Red Flag, made back in 1971 by the feministic artist Judy Chicago, is still considered pretty controversial. (…)

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November 11, 2020 0 Comments

Bloody serious comic

Just to be clear. The comic Super Woman by Proud Mary isn’t about the legendary action hero Superwoman by Marvel. The autobiographical illustrations are about Super Plus Tampon Woman. Who, in a sense, also possesses super powers. (…)

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August 20, 2020 0 Comments

Extraordinary chandelier

A Noiva is the name of a five metres high chandelier made by the Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. Looking at it from a distance, you wouldn’t even notice it’s made of 25,000 tampons. (…)

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January 22, 2020 0 Comments

Super plus cute

How to smash the menstrual taboo in a super plus cute way? American stop-motion animation artist Annie Wong created Ovary Actions: a colourful series of animation GIFs that are all about menstruation. (…)

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August 15, 2019 0 Comments

Movie: Menstruation Machine

A video about a boy who wants to know what it is like to be a girl. So he wears a … menstruation machine. Welcome to the wonderful life of Japanese artist Sputniko! (…)

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April 14, 2019 0 Comments

Psychological test

Totally different from all her other work: The Rorschach-series of the New York photographer Sarah Anne Ward. (…)

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October 22, 2018 0 Comments

Tam-pole

La Dame en Rouge has surprised with remarkable discoveries. Walls, trees, manhole covers or poles – nothing is safe for the street artist.

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June 14, 2018 0 Comments

What’s your menarche story?

Everybody remembers her first period, don’t they? Was it a happy occasion? A sad one? British artist Pippa Robinson is exploring the menarche transition in her participatory arts project My Menarche. (…)

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February 21, 2018 1 Comment

Pearls and panty liners

Not all creations made by Dutch fashion artist Agnes van Dijk are very wearable. This AllDayPearlDress for example, which is made of pearls and panty liners. (…)

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August 11, 2017 0 Comments

A bit weak

In 19th century literature, women never menstruate. However, Eline Vere, Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina do regularly feel ‘a bit weak’.

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April 21, 2017 0 Comments

Greetings from Bosnia

Bosnia | Losing Innocence is a series by photographer Esther Cappon about her first military mission in a war zone. ‘Apparently we’re more shocked by a tampon than by hand grenades’

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November 27, 2016 0 Comments

First Moon gift

Need a First Moon gift for a daughter who’s about to get her first period? What about a piece of jewellery from the Ideal Woman collection made by Allie Pohl.

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April 8, 2016 0 Comments

Tampon tulips

The British Mary Hamill created the photo series Semper Augustus where tampons are used to create tulips in various shades of red.