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A Period Product that Makes Education Possible

Can you imagine being discriminated against, even experiencing violence, simply because you're on your period? Sadly, this is still happening in many different parts of the world: women and girls faced with adversity related to their menstrual hygiene. PICTURE YOURSELF HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS: - Missing school or work each month because you're on your period. Even being forced to sit still at home and bleed! - Stressing out about over-using pads or not having enough underwear. - Having to use unsanitary materials like cloth, tissue, OR pieces of mattresses because you have zero access to personal care products. - Engaging in transactional sex (i.e. sex for pads) to be able to go to school. The above is the...

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9 REASONS TO USE A MENSTRUAL CUP

My most favourite time of the month is the 5 days of my period. It never used to be this way. As an ex high flying corporate gal, having the monthly pains, discomforts, moods just didn't really go down well in the masculine dominated business world I was in. So I was got onto the contraceptive pill as quick as I could to "balance myself out" & suppress those perceived "monthly inconveniences", this actually was the most horrible 6 years, where I felt totally disconnected from my feminine essence & once I stopped the pill, my period actually vanished for 1.5 years after. This time was a time of deep inward reflection, disconnection from the essence of being woman. And...

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6 WEIRD Reasons To Wear a Menstrual Cup

It's a bit on the irreverent side, but if you don't mind this style, we found ourselves chuckling through this Bustle article by Gabrielle Moss, shared below. It's about her experience moving from tampons to the menstrual cup, and the less commonly discussed reasons she found the menstrual cups awesome. Enjoy at your own risk! ____________________ 6 Weird Reasons To Wear a Menstrual Cup That Aren't About Saving The Environment I'm sure that you've heard all the virtuous reasons that you should switch from tampons or pads to a menstrual cup — you'll save money, you'll help the environment, you'll get to know your mysterious little lady flower a little better — but you might be surprised to find out there are...

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Here's What It's Like to Wear a Menstrual Cup

We receive a ton of questions from women who are on the fence about whether or not to give the Annie cup a try. This straight-talk description from Marissa Gainsburg at Womens Health Magazine may be just the thing you need to help make the call. ____________________ Menstrual Cups Are Having a Moment - Here's What It's Like to Wear One "You have to try it," insisted my hippie sister. The topic wasn't dyed armpit hair or making jam; she was gushing about her affair with menstrual cups—reusable, soft, silicone vessels (free of plastics, BPA, and dyes) that collect rather than absorb your monthly flow. I was skeptical—holding a cup of my own endometrial lining (then reusing the container) felt a bit...

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The Fight to End Period Shaming is Going Mainstream

We were floored to find this cover story from Newsweek that puts a big, giant spotlight on the recent push for making the period a recognized human rights issue for women across the globe. If you're reading this and thinking, "What? My period is a human rights issue?" then this article is for you, friend. Read the full story about the taboo behind menstruation and how it creates a barrier for women everywhere, from India to Indiana - and the effort to do something about it. ____________________ The Fight to End Period Shaming is Going Mainstream Let’s begin with the obvious: Every woman in the history of humanity has or had a period. Each month, her uterus sheds its lining, sending blood...

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