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How To Make Your Own Go Bag, In Case of Emergency
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(Living)
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... days’ worth of any critical meds.
Period hygiene backups. Menstrual cups are great for this, as they are reusable and take up little room. However, disposable tampons or pads may be more hygienic if ...
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Created on 21 January 2021
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Social Impact Fashion Startup Oluna Is Fighting Period Poverty, One Pair Of Pants At A Time
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(Style)
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People who get periods have a lot to deal with. Beyond the physical discomfort and inconvenience of menstruation, the social stigma and inability to access menstrual health products is so profound ...
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Created on 08 January 2021
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La Chica's "La Loba" is An Anthem for She-Wolves
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(Music)
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... brown paper packaging at checkout. But what many fail to acknowledge, is that the menstrual cycle allows women to bear children. Without women and our vaginas, there would be no one to bring life onto ...
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Created on 09 December 2020
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Find Perfect Presents For Everyone On Your List And Help Indie Businesses Survive With These Picks From BUST Craftacular’s Holiday Gift Guide!
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(General)
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... unflinchingly exploring online menstrual shaming.
MÜV CBD CREAM muvproducts.com MÜV CBD Soothing Cream adds natural CBD to a suite of powerful, skin-positive ingredients to create a uniquely calming, s ...
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Created on 09 November 2020
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The Pandemic Baby Meme Is a Knife to the Heart of Every Person Experiencing Infertility
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(Living)
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... attempts at humor was a knife to the heart, to my empty womb, to the menstrual cycles that continued forth without clear rhyme or reason.
Though I experience other signs of polycystic ovarian syndrome ...
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Created on 10 September 2020
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This Indian Company Offers Menstrual Leave To Its Employees -- Is It Helping or Hurting? ...
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(Feminism)
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... menstruation with the myth of Indra’s slaying of Vritras. In the text, menstrual flow is a manifestation of Indra’s guilt for the murder and appears every month for women because they have taken the guilt ...
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Created on 11 August 2020
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The Alliance For Period Supplies Helps Make Menstruation More Manageable
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(Living)
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... as anyone with a menstrual cycle knows, bleeding is not an indulgence.
By Francesca Volpe
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe ...
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Created on 16 March 2020
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Tenn. Lawmaker Worried Women Will Buy ALL Of The Tampons On Tax-Free Weekend
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(Feminism)
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... is the question of whether menstrual products should be taxed. Obviously, we here at BUST (and probably any person who bleeds), think it’s absolutely absurd that many states still put a luxury tax on tampons. ...
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Created on 19 February 2020
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9.
Kotex New Ads To Depict Period Blood As It Really Is: Red
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(Feminism)
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Kotex has finally decided that menstrual blood now runs red, not blue.
Thanks to a new ad campaign released this month by the Kimberly Clark Corp.’s feminine hygiene brand, Kotex, it appears as if ...
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Created on 18 February 2020
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Women Are More At Risk For Concussions But Are Being Overlooked
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(Living)
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... factor was how the menstrual cycle is involved in these symptoms during the aftermath because of the decrease in progesterone; which causes emotional changes. Despite this evidence, in both women and men, ...
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Created on 03 February 2020
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This Vagina Goddess Is The Best Ancient Symbol You've Never Heard Of
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(Arts)
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... in which chosen women “squatted over the newly plowed fields” and allowed their menstrual blood to drip into the earth to increase its fertility. You might say that Baubo spoke truth to power, the servant’s ...
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Created on 30 January 2020
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8 Herbs You Need For Relief For Each Phase Of Your Period
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(Living)
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THERE ARE FOUR phases that make up the menstrual cycle (which lasts an average of 28 days), each with a different purpose. Each phase supports the one that follows, and in Traditional Chinese Medicine ...
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Created on 28 January 2020
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Sweet Justice: See How These Seventh Graders Protested for Their Right to Free Period Products
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(Feminism)
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... who began an unexpected mini-movement in their classroom. The students pressed their male principal to begin providing menstrual products, specifically tampons, for free in the school’s restrooms. The ...
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Created on 04 November 2019
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14.
Period Apps Are Sharing More Than Just Your Cycle With Facebook
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(Living)
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Maine Republican Politician Voted Against Free Menstrual Supplies In Prisons Because “It’s Not A Country Club”
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Created on 11 September 2019
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“The Plastic Age We’re Living In”: Artist Portia Munson on Her Environmentalist Art & the Power of the Color Pink
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(Arts)
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... first learned about your work through No Wave Performance Task Force’s 2015 event, Period Piece, where Christen Clifford discussed your work as part of a lineage of menstrual blood art. Can you describe y ...
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Created on 12 July 2019
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This Fertility App Is Using Aesthetics To Trick You Out of Birth Control
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(Sex)
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... one of them.
Top photo screenshot via Life Network Foundation Malta
More from BUST
7 Apps To Help You Get Smart About Sexual Health
"Menstrual Serveillance" — The Dark Side Of Fertility Trackin ...
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Created on 14 June 2019
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It’s About Bloody Time: First U.S. Town to Publicly Provide Menstruation Products
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(Feminism)
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... Week” was, in fact, an actual shark attack.
Two years later, as a new group of seniors gets ready to graduate, my hometown of Brookline, Massachusetts has taken a huge step towards menstrual equity, ...
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Created on 13 June 2019
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18.
How To Have Your First Zero Waste Period
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(Sponsored)
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... a breathable gusset and an additional absorbent insert to help you customize your protection and feel fresh all day.
Get A Cup That Fits You
There are tons of menstrual cups out there now, and it can ...
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Created on 17 May 2019
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A California Attorney Is Fighting Local Jails That Withhold Menstrual Products ...
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(Feminism)
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... Christine Kolba, last year. Kolba was at the San Mateo County Jail on drug charges at the time, and Canny remembers her crying as menstrual blood dripped down her legs: “I was horrified for her.” Kolba ...
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Created on 26 February 2019
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Scientists Are Developing A DIY Birth Control Patch That Would Cost Just $1 A Month
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(Living)
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... my body immediately began to heal.
As my health improved, I did a deep dive into birth control research, focusing on options that explicitly helped with menstrual cramping. Everything I found ha ...
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Created on 15 January 2019