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Get Familiar With The Non-Profit Working To Make Menstrual Product Accessibility More Inclusive

By Isabelle Asuncion For Women By Women, Period, or FWBW. is a non-profit organization that provides care packages to homeless and low-income menstruating individuals and provides education about not only […]

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Students with their handmade sanitary pads | Image courtesy of Art of a Child

This Organization Engages Boys To Help Fight Stigma Around Menstruation

May 28 is Menstrual Hygiene Day and around the world, stigma around menstruating still exists in very real and dangerous ways. One organization that has been working to end the […]

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5 Ways To Kick Period Stigma To The Curb

5 Ways To Kick Period Stigma To The Curb

It may be 2021 but period stigma still exists in various forms across the world. But in light of Scotland taking the lead and becoming the first country in the […]

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I Think I Am Going To Wear Red Today

I Think I Am Going To Wear Red Today

By Maya Shine for PhotoBook Let’s say it’s a Tuesday morning. You wake up, head to the bathroom and discover you have just gotten your monthly visitor, your period. It […]

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Period Poverty Around the World – A Look At Growing Awareness Of This Issue

From Academy Award-winning documentaries to activists making global headlines, prisons and schools changing their policies for menstruating people and more, there has been a lot of talk about period poverty […]

Health

All The Criticism Of The New Period Emoji Proves Why We Need One

All The Criticism Of The New Period Emoji Proves Why We Need One

By Una Dabiero for Fairygodboss There’s an emoji for everything. Or so I thought — until it was announced that there’s a new set of emojis coming, and one of […]

Entertainment

This Hilarious Feminist Short Film Takes On The Patriarchy, Pervy Bosses & Period Stigma

This Hilarious Feminist Short Film Takes On The Patriarchy, Pervy Bosses & Period Stigma

If you’ve ever wondered why more people are uncomfortable with the talk of menstruation than they are tackling sexual harassment in the workplace, then this short film is for you! […]

Interviews

Organic Tampon Company Cora On A Mission To De-Stigmatize “That Time Of The Month”

Organic Tampon Company Cora On A Mission To De-Stigmatize “That Time Of The Month”

It’s one of those completely natural bodily functions that is so stigmatized by society, it is more acceptable to give it a nickname than refer to it by its actual […]

Girl on a Mission

Two Women Fighting Menstrual Stigma In Hong Kong By Encouraging Conversation & Education

Two Women Fighting Menstrual Stigma In Hong Kong By Encouraging Conversation & Education

How it is 2017 and menstrual stigma is STILL a thing, is beyond us. But as long as it exists, we will continue to write about it and raise awareness […]

Health, Politics

Meet The Congresswoman Who Introduced The First Federal Bill Tackling Menstrual Stigma

Meet The Congresswoman Who Introduced The First Federal Bill Tackling Menstrual Stigma

If you’ve been paying attention to a certain issue over the past few years, you will be familiar with conversations about menstrual stigma and the tampon tax. In 2015, Canada […]

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This Organic Tampon Brand Is Serving Homeless Women Across The US With Their 1-For-1 Model

This Organic Tampon Brand Is Serving Homeless Women Across The US With Their 1-For-1 Model

It’s no secret that we are advocates of women’s health and education, especially around menstruation. Whether it be important information about how women and girls in the developing world are […]

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New York City Says It’s Time To Give Free Tampons & Pads To Schools, Prisons & Shelters. Period!

New York City Says It’s Time To Give Free Tampons & Pads To Schools, Prisons & Shelters. Period!

If you’ve seen the latest ‘Orange Is The New Black’ season on Netflix, you will remember a minor story line regarding tampons and pads. Litchfield prison, since becoming privatized and […]