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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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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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... portrait of one girl’s fight to reclaim her reputation and stand up against a culture that says periods are dirty, Blood Moon captures the intensity of friendships, first love, and female desire, while ...
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Created on 09 November 2020
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How Two Girls In Uganda Are Destigmatizing Periods ...
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(Feminism)
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Patience and Kashish, two high school girls from Kampala, Uganda, are intent on more than just their studies: the duo created a program to combat the stigma surrounding periods that often causes young ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
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In "Antebellum," Janelle Monáe Contends With Slavery In America's Past And Present
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(Movies)
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... appeared in Moonlight and Hidden Figures, gives us another incredible performance in Antebellum. Her ability to disappear into her character and perform within two different time periods heightens th ...
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Created on 04 September 2020
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This UK Tampax Ad Was Pulled From Ireland Airwaves For Being Too “Vulgar”
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(Feminism)
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It looks like the stigmatization of periods and menstrual products is far from over. Earlier this month, a Tampax ad which aired in the UK and Ireland was pulled from the airwaves for being “vulgar,” ...
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Created on 02 September 2020
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A Tampon Commercial Was Pulled From The Air (For A Ridiculous Reason)
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(Feminism)
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... doesn’t insert their tampons correctly. This can lead to mild discomfort or severe pain. It is important that we teach young people how to wear tampons, especially when we have such a stigma around periods. ...
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Created on 13 August 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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... upon themselves. This core myth, along with other cultural factors, has contributed to the country’s modern stigmatization of menstruation. In many areas, when women are on their periods, they are considered ...
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Created on 11 August 2020
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Menstruators On Twitter Are Super Confused About This Period Product—As They Should Be
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(Living)
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... models sporting flower crowns and white jeans. We’re familiar with this marketing, and while most people with periods are sick and tired of it, that’s not where the problems with this product lie. Many ...
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Created on 22 July 2020
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Aisha Dee Of “The Bold Type” Talks The Power of Female Friendships And Her New EP: BUST Interview
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(Entertainment)
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... explores, but I have been saying this for a while and now I just figure if I say it in enough interviews that they'll have to do. I really want the girls to get their periods. We haven't seen it on the ...
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Created on 13 July 2020
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Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fetal Heartbeat Bill, ACLU and Planned Parenthood Fight Back
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(Feminism)
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... t abortion. In 2019, eight separate states attempted to pass regulations as well as full-blown bans that focused on fetal heartbeats and gestational periods. These states include Georgia, Kentucky, Louisian ...
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Created on 22 June 2020
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How Pregnant Essential Workers Got Overlooked During The Pandemic
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(Feminism)
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... of Hush Naidoo via Unsplash
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I Support The Girls: This Organization Reminds Us That 'Periods Don't Stop For Pandemics'
4 Ways COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects Women
A Group of Hypnotis ...
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Created on 17 June 2020
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Make Some B-Movie Magic With Josie Cotton's Groovy New Tune, “Girl In Gold Boots”: BUST Premiere
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(Music)
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... deeply; I think I will always be in that world now. I just go into periods where I do an insane amount of reading and thinking, wondering and questioning.
There's a lot of orchestration to your songs a ...
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Created on 30 April 2020
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U.N. Reports That COVID-19 Quarantines Has Led to Increase in Domestic Violence Worldwide
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(Feminism)
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... neral, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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I Support The Girls: This Organization Reminds Us That ‘Periods Don’t Stop For Pandemics’
The Entire Sex Work Industry Is Barred From Apply ...
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Created on 20 April 2020
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I Support The Girls: This Organization Reminds Us That ‘Periods Don’t Stop For Pandemics’ ...
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(Feminism)
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... shelters across the country are not given government funds to provide these crucial products to people with periods. Luckily, there are a few organizations out there that are ready to help, one of which ...
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Created on 20 April 2020
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The Abortion Storyline on “Roswell, New Mexico” is the Perfect Allegory for Everything Wrong With "Heartbeat Bills"
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(Entertainment)
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... deserts, like New Mexico. Her experience also explores states with other invasive obstacles that many people don’t have the luxury to avoid, like mandated restrictive waiting periods.
Recently, lawmakers ...
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Created on 06 April 2020
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The Alliance For Period Supplies Helps Make Menstruation More Manageable
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(Living)
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Periods—they’re an inconvenience to most. But this monthly flow is much more serious for those who struggle to purchase sanitary supplies. “When people think of period poverty, they think about it ...
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Created on 16 March 2020
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9 Times Women Smashed The Patriarchy in Interviews
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(Entertainment)
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... growing increasingly annoying and inappropriate, one of the DJs went onto argue that all women know how to do is use their phones. When Grande argued that she can go extended periods of time without usin ...
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Created on 13 March 2020
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Black Woman-Owned "The Honey Pot" Attacked Online: Let's Talk About Intersectional Feminism
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(Feminism)
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... on the site and the actual products make it clear that they recognize that not only cisgender women get periods.
Photo credt: thehoneypot.co
In a statement to NBC News on Monday, Target said, “We’r ...
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Created on 03 March 2020
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Delhi Women Host “Period Fest” to End the Stigma Against Menstruation
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(Feminism)
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On February 27, New Delhi, India hosted another Period Fest with the goal to remove the stigma of menstruation. More than 300 people attended and signed a pledge to reject the myth that women are impure ...
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Created on 24 February 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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... All people with periods want out of the tax removal on menstrual products is to make these necessities affordable and therefore accessible to all people. Apparently, some lawmakers don’t quite grasp that. ...
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Created on 19 February 2020
