- 1. Popular UK Supermarket Chain Makes Real Change By Switching Up Name of Aisle From 'Feminine Hygiene' To 'Period Product
- (Feminism)
- A popular UK supermarket chain, Asda, has ditched the phrase ‘feminine’ hygiene and is now marking their aisles to read ‘period products.’ This shift in language is a big win for women, trans, and non-binary ...
- Created on 03 March 2022
- 2. "The Worst Person In The World" Subverts the Classic Rom-Com Genre, Instead, Explores Loss Through a New Len
- (Movies)
- ... classic symbols of womanhood emerge. She sees her ex-boyfriends, pulls out a used tampon, and imagines a baby suckling on her breast. The most striking part of this scene is Julie’s youthful face on the ...
- Created on 22 February 2022
- 3. Emilia Clarke Is Set To Release "M.O.M.: Mother of Madness," A New Comic Book Series About A Woman Who Gets Superpowers From Her Perio
- (Books)
- ... them to wear skin tight suits without ever bloating, and execute full body martial arts techniques at the drop of a hat in a periodless, tamponless world — Clarke set out to make her main character unashamedly ...
- Created on 30 June 2021
- 4. Pinky Gloves Are the Product That We Didn't Need, But For Some Reason Still Got ...
- (Feminism)
- ... there was no “good solution when it came to the disposal of tampons,” as The New York Post writes. Presenting their idea for the invention on the popular German-TV show Die Höhle der Löwen, one of the ...
- Created on 30 April 2021
- 5. In "Together Together," Ed Helms and Patti Harrison Form A Fragile Attachment During A Surrogate Pregnanc
- (Movies)
- ... teaching her how to insert a tampon). This dynamic inevitably brings the surrogacy into emotionally precarious territory. Matt (Ed Helms) and Anna (Patti Harrison); by Tiffany Roohani/Bleecker Street ...
- Created on 27 April 2021
- 6. Rachel Brosnahan Dishes on Why Midge Maisel Isn’t a Feminist and How She Manages Acting As an Introvert: Exclusive BUST Interview
- (TV)
- ... pants, in a Midge Maisel-worthy rant (“they have these cute little pockets that were perfect for holding tiny things like our tampon and our paychecks”). It was an all-female cast, unusual in itself, but ...
- Created on 07 April 2021
- 7. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
- (Living)
- ... you. Lehn & Fink even developed a disinfectant-doused tampon between the late 1930s and early 1940s treated with hydroxyquinoline—a potential carcinogen and mutagen depending on its chemical strain that, ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
- 8. Mexico City Implements Ban on Single-Use Plastic — But People Who Menstruate Face the Consequences
- (General)
- People who have periods will keep tampons hidden meticulously: being stranded without period products means uncomfortably, embarrassment, and ruined clothes. For people in Mexico City who use tampons ...
- Created on 05 March 2021
- 9. How To Make Your Own Go Bag, In Case of Emergency
- (Living)
- ... supply of canned beans, tampons, and fresh porn, a Go Bag may bring you some comfort. You can start by putting together a rudimentary Go Bag containing just a few essentials, and add to it over time if ...
- Created on 21 January 2021
- 10. La Chica's "La Loba" is An Anthem for She-Wolv
- (Music)
- ... for public discussion, and used as an excuse to paint women as overly emotional and psychotic. Even now, buying a box of tampons or pads at the local pharmacy is somehow a shameful activity that requires ...
- Created on 09 December 2020
- 11. When Mother is an Astronaut, in Alice Winocour's "Proxima:" BUST Interview ...
- (Movies)
- ... period in space. The doctor eventually backs off and says they’ll just have to deduct the weight of the tampons from her baggage allowance. As research for her film, Winocour met with female astronauts ...
- Created on 06 November 2020
- 12. This UK Tampax Ad Was Pulled From Ireland Airwaves For Being Too “Vulgar”
- (Feminism)
- ... “brash and disgusting and unnecessary,” and “crossing a line of decency.” Titled “Tampons and Tea,” the ad addressed an issue so many people with periods are all too used too: being able to feel your ...
- Created on 02 September 2020
- 13. Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: A Look Back At Where It Began
- (Feminism)
- ... free childcare, broke coffee mugs in the streets, and threw “objects of oppression” like tampons and bras into “liberation trash cans.” It was called the Women’s Strike, and it was an event that is not ...
- Created on 26 August 2020
- 14. The “Reclaim Her Name” Project is Republishing 25 Books You Didn’t Know Were Written by Women
- (Books)
- ... via @museumsvictoria on Unsplash More from BUST A Tampon Commercial Was Pulled From The Air (For A Ridiculous Reason) Week Of Women: Rico Nasty, Peaches, Ciara It's Black Women's Equal Pay Day — ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 15. A Tampon Commercial Was Pulled From The Air (For A Ridiculous Reason)
- (Feminism)
- In the UK, Tampax recently released a new television ad campaign which shows viewers how to properly insert a tampon. This ad campaign, dubbed “Tampons and Tea,” was launched after Tampax did research ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 16. Menstruators On Twitter Are Super Confused About This Period Product—As They Should Be
- (Living)
- ... video stresses that it’s made of the exact same material as other period products like menstrual cups and is smaller than the average tampon. So what’s the issue then? As San Francisco-based OB/GYN Dr. ...
- Created on 22 July 2020
- 17. The Black Girl Bill of Rights Needs to be Ratified
- (Living)
- ... protected and nurtured. The right to real sex education, contraception, tampons, and pads. The right to agency and control over our own bodies in every space. The right to justice and reparations ...
- Created on 09 June 2020
- 18. 14 Black Women-Owned Beauty and Wellness Brands to Support Right Now (And Always)
- (Style)
- ... Instagram DYK our organic tampons and travel wipes are available at @target ?and Target.com?! Make sure to check the feminine care aisle on ...
- Created on 03 June 2020
- 19. Tennessee Judges Rule That It’s Okay To Film Videos of Women Without Their Consent
- (Feminism)
- ... equipment,” they finally stated. Talk about missing the point. Image via Pixabay MORE FROM BUST Tenn. Lawmaker Worried Women Will Buy ALL Of The Tampons On Tax-Free Weekend How To Teach Children ...
- Created on 11 May 2020
- 20. I Support The Girls: This Organization Reminds Us That ‘Periods Don’t Stop For Pandemics’
- (Feminism)
- ... reminded us of the ever-so important problem that periods do not stop for pandemics. I Support The Girls is a women-founded non-profit that collects new and gently-used bras and individually sealed tampons ...
- Created on 20 April 2020
