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Causes

Human Period Euphemisms Call Out Harmful Menstrual Slang In New Campaign Video

Human Period Euphemisms Call Out Harmful Menstrual Slang In New Campaign Video

Shark Week. THAT time of the month. Aunt Flo. Got the painters in. On the rag. Take your pic of euphemisms, but you all know what we’re referring to – […]

Family Life

Writing About Dating In A Culture Where Relationships Are Taboo

Writing About Dating In A Culture Where Relationships Are Taboo

Technology has made the world a global village and people have been brought together in many ways. People can interact online while they are a world apart. The beauty of […]

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 […]

Sports

Meet Bangladesh’s 1st Female Surfer Who Escaped A Life Of Prostitution In Favor Of Breaking Taboos

Meet Bangladesh’s 1st Female Surfer Who Escaped A Life Of Prostitution In Favor Of Breaking Taboos

Move over Kelly Slater and Stephanie Gilmore, there’s a new surfer making waves around the globe! Meet 18 year old Nasima Akter from Bangladesh, one of the very few Asian […]

Politics, Sports

Female Motorcyclists Breaking Cultural Taboo In The Middle East

Female Motorcyclists Breaking Cultural Taboo In The Middle East

When we think of women in the Middle East, there is this dominant narrative that says they are all oppressed and all look the same. The mainstream media paints a […]

Girl on a Mission

“Infidel” Female Eqyptian Rapper Speaking Up For Abused Women

“Infidel” Female Eqyptian Rapper Speaking Up For Abused Women

There are a number of stories of rad women in the Middle East who are completely blowing our western perception of Arab women out of the water, and we love […]