Comments on: Reverse The Curse: Don’t Buy Midol http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/ UrGently Fierce Feminism In Perilous Times Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ginny http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/comment-page-1/#comment-81050 Ginny Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:45:17 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/#comment-81050 It's hard to trace the origin of the precise slogan but the text was written by women. It is understandable that feminist activists have a more romanticised view of menstruation, and with good reason. But in day-to-day life, when you talk with day-to-day women, most of them consider it a pain in the ass. As the text says, they get nervous when it doesn't come, then when it does, there's the mumbled, "ah, shit." And um, yeah, a lot of us have some pretty nasty cramps, and are unfeminist enough to rely on - gasp - pain relievers to help with them. They aren't any less women than you are, but they don't find it to be the most wonderful monthly experience they have to go through either. An often-painful inconvenience, maybe. It’s hard to trace the origin of the precise slogan but the text was written by women. It is understandable that feminist activists have a more romanticised view of menstruation, and with good reason. But in day-to-day life, when you talk with day-to-day women, most of them consider it a pain in the ass. As the text says, they get nervous when it doesn’t come, then when it does, there’s the mumbled, “ah, shit.” And um, yeah, a lot of us have some pretty nasty cramps, and are unfeminist enough to rely on – gasp – pain relievers to help with them. They aren’t any less women than you are, but they don’t find it to be the most wonderful monthly experience they have to go through either. An often-painful inconvenience, maybe.

]]> By: Jen http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/comment-page-1/#comment-73665 Jen Thu, 15 May 2008 15:25:02 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/#comment-73665 As a Bostonian, I'd bet $5 the person who came up with this and though it was *so* clever is a dudely Red Sox fan. As a Bostonian, I’d bet $5 the person who came up with this and though it was *so* clever is a dudely Red Sox fan.

]]> By: Rita McLean http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/comment-page-1/#comment-73341 Rita McLean Tue, 13 May 2008 19:04:32 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/#comment-73341 My goodness, all the work I continue to put into teaching young ladies that having a period is a blessing and midol comes along with this negative commercial. The only thing I can come up with is that a man came up with that slogan. It's only a curse to them because they can't have their way during that time. Anyway, thanks for the midol link. I did email my opinion. My goodness, all the work I continue to put into teaching young ladies that having a period is a blessing and midol comes along with this negative commercial.

The only thing I can come up with is that a man came up with that slogan. It’s only a curse to them because they can’t have their way during that time.

Anyway, thanks for the midol link. I did email my opinion.

]]> By: Jenn Riedy http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/comment-page-1/#comment-72390 Jenn Riedy Fri, 09 May 2008 14:43:46 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/#comment-72390 I used to have debilitating cramps, and yes, used Midol occassionally, although I eventually found that plain ibuprophen worked just fine as well. And then I switched to a reuseable menstrual product (The Keeper), and my PMS symptoms gradually went away. Might it be the dioxins used to bleach all of the menstrual products are actually what is causing the cramps and such? Perhaps rather than masking the symptoms of that problem with a pill, we should encourage women to fix the actual problem! I used to have debilitating cramps, and yes, used Midol occassionally, although I eventually found that plain ibuprophen worked just fine as well.

And then I switched to a reuseable menstrual product (The Keeper), and my PMS symptoms gradually went away.

Might it be the dioxins used to bleach all of the menstrual products are actually what is causing the cramps and such? Perhaps rather than masking the symptoms of that problem with a pill, we should encourage women to fix the actual problem!

]]> By: Crabgrass http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/comment-page-1/#comment-68771 Crabgrass Thu, 01 May 2008 21:05:24 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/04/30/reverse-the-curse-dont-buy-midol/#comment-68771 Hey Lucinda, I left a message for Midol. thanks for posting this! Hey Lucinda, I left a message for Midol. thanks for posting this!

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