I looked at 100 ads for menstrual products spanning 100 years — shame and secrecy prevailed
- Written by Dr Jane Connory, Lecturer in Communication Design, Swinburne University of Technology
Anything but red.. The colour blue was popular in ads for menstrual products, including this Modess ad from the Australian Women's Weekly in 1959. Newspapers Collection, State Library Victoria.I analysed 100 magazine advertisements for menstrual products published between 1920 and 2020 to see how they have contributed to feelings of shame and...





