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Serena Williams vs. Aunt Flo - Love It or Leave It?

TresSugar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0700

While I think tampons sell themselves thanks to their life-changing qualities, Tampax has recruited tennis great Serena Williams to pitch their lady products in a new commercial. Dressed in her tennis whites, Serena has nothing to fear from Mother Nature, because she's also wearing a tampon! Over the years, companies have appealed to femininity or used the rhetoric of freedom to sell tampons to women. What do you make of the latest attempt?

Tampons Descend on Unsuspecting Sunbathers

TresSugar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:30:00 -0700

Did you know one in seven women avoid the beach during their period? PR firm Labresse does! That's why it dropped tampons in pink parachutes down on Dutch beaches. Too bad its audience stayed home because of the high tides that day.

Don't worry if you can't watch the video. Unless you speak Dutch, you won't understand a word. You really don't need to! Parachuted tampons descending on a beach like medicine to a remote village is universally weird.

Tampons and Maxi Pads: A Walk Down Memory Lane

TresSugar — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:00 -0700

Whether you call it your Moon Time or the Curse, if you're a woman, you have to contend with a monthly period. Let's take a look at how advertising sold its pads and 'pons to women of yore. Whether it was through distraction (hey, look, a pretty dress!) or through the rhetoric of freedom, advertisers did their best to sell a product women have never really been thrilled to buy.

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Tampax Asks: What If Boys Had Vaginas?

TresSugar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:00:00 -0700

Tampax has decided to go with the flow of viral marketing by creating a new series of videos staring Zach, a 16-year-old who wakes up one morning to find out that his penis has been replaced with a vagina. Zach soon discovers the joys of baking and the fact that men are pigs - because everyone with a vagina loves to bake and hates men! Well, Zach does come face-to-face with something almost every woman deals with: a monthly period. Luckily, he finds a Tampax dispenser that saves him from high-school humiliation. In the midst of menstruation, Zach has the deep realization: "getting your period sucks."

In the Market For a Tampon Holder?

DearSugar — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0700

Sometimes old Aunt Flow comes a little earlier than expected, so it's a good idea to keep some emergency tampons on hand just in case. Here are some adorable holders you can keep in your purse or at your desk so your tampons stay clean and protected. Enjoy!

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Tampax Really Knows How to Nix the Menstruation Taboo

GiggleSugar — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0700

As if there isn't enough weirdness surrounding the menstruation taboo, the creative minds over at Tampax deem it fun and appropriate to suggest that menstruating women can suck the water up out of pools - because of the highly absorbent artillery they shove up themselves for period relief. Thanks to tampons, absolutely nothing can escape a menstruating woman's vajayjay. Nothing! Which is exactly what we women want: the ability to suck everything up there. Right?

Dude on a Tampon Run Must Decide: Mini or Super?

GiggleSugar — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0700

With the vast array of brands and "sleek designs" and colors and smells and grips and absorption options, how does a dude on a tampon run make a selection? Let's just say his fingers take no part in the picking. Neither does his brain.

Tampon Extravaganza!

GiggleSugar — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:00:00 -0800

Tampons aren't just for that time of the month anymore! Check out these hilarious images from the Not So Fresh Feeling menstruation themed flickr group Jezebel found. There are a couple maxi pad pics thrown in (don't want them to feel left out).

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My Bloody Valentine

GiggleSugar — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:00:00 -0800

Valentine's Day may have come and gone already, but I'm wishing a sweetie had gotten me these truly tasteless earrings. Can you imagine the sort of uncomfortable silence they would inspire in an elevator? Yikes. (Thanks, Geek!)

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Vampax: Stay Close to Your Vampire Boyfriend All Month Long

TresSugar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:52 -0800

Twilight Cycles from Brandon Routh

Is your monthly cycle getting between you and your vampire lover? Sounds like you need Vampax - new tampon technology that promises to keep you safe while you run around the forest with your brooding bloodsucking boyfriend. Learn all about it in this Twilight parody from the people at Funny or Die. It's disgustingly funny.