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Tampons: ABC News ignores the bleedin’ obvious
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Tampons: ABC News ignores the bleedin’ obvious

Vera FignerDecember 13, 2023December 17, 2023
Who uses tampons? Women. What word doesn’t appear in this 1,808-word on-line ABC News article about tampons? ‘Women.’ Instead the journo, one Paige Cockburn, adopts a chatty tone – unusual...
The Naughty Word
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The Naughty Word

Vera FignerNovember 6, 2023December 13, 2023
Back in the bad old days, ‘menstruation’ was a naughty word. Now the new naughty word when we’re talking about Shark Week/Aunt Flo/the Red Baron is: Women!  Cadet journo Courtney...
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