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TikTok Creators Are Warning About Harmful Chemicals In Period Products. Are They Right?
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(Living)
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... On the Tampax website, they claim they use “nothing but the best ingredients” being primarily a blend of rayon and cotton.
@climatediva Watch til the end for a vetted list of non-toxic and sustainable ...
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Created on 12 January 2023
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Period Poverty in the United States is More Common Than You Think: The Tampon Shortage Will Only Make it Worse
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(Living)
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... more strenuous. There are some tampon makers, such as U by Kotex, who claim that they’ve not been affected by supply chain issues. Then there’s Procter and Gamble’s Tampax, which is struggling to get the ...
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Created on 22 June 2022
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How Two Girls In Uganda Are Destigmatizing Periods
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(Feminism)
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... more about Patience and Kashish:
Photos courtesy of Global G.L.O.W., credit: Peter Niwagaba
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This UK Tampax Ad Was Pulled From Ireland Airwaves For Being Too “Vulgar
This Indian ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
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Denmark's New Law Against Sexual Violence Is A Huge Ste
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(Feminism)
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Last Wednesday, Denmark announced that sex without explicit consent can be prosecuted as rape. This modification to the country’s sexual violence laws “is one of the most important battles for gender ...
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Created on 10 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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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 ...
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Created on 13 August 2020
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How To Have Your First Zero Waste Period
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(Sponsored)
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... tackling this problem - it’s time to get plastic out of periods for good. However, letting go of the Tampax habit you’ve been nurturing since grade school can be hard. We’re here to make it easy.
Wash ...
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Created on 17 May 2019
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My Period Envy
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(Living)
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... to dispel “sour mood” along with the bloating. My favorite ads, though, were for Tampax, the true forbidden fruit. My mother spoke of them in hushed tones. I got the impression that only girls with bad ...
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Created on 15 December 2017
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Period Piece: Exploring Menstrual Achievements From 400 BC To Today
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(Living)
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... applicator. He buys the patent for the first modern tampon and the name Tampax. When Haas struggles to make much of the product and name he sells both patents to businesswoman Gertrude Tendrich for 32,000. ...
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Created on 03 April 2017
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I Tried 5 Alternatives To Drugstore Tampons After Learning These Shocking Facts
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(Living)
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... petitions Procter & Gamble to disclose a full ingredient list on all Always & Tampax products. https://www.change.org/p/procter-gamble-to-fully-disclose-the-ingredients-of-their-tampons-sanitary-pads ...
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Created on 01 March 2016
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3 Surprising Facts About the History of Tampons
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(Feminism)
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The average American woman uses more than 16,000 tampons in her lifetime, yet the history behind our cotton comrades remains a mystery to many. The commercial tampon as we know it today is actually ...
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Created on 08 June 2015
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"It's Like Santa, For Your Vagina!" This Tampon Ad is the Best Tampon Ad Your Eyeballs Will Ever S
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(General)
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... dresses) and there's no sign of blue water ANYWHERE!
Actually, I've probably seen a variation of this in a Tampax commercial.
In fact, the Camp gyno (as our heroine titles herself) demonstrates how menstruation ...
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Created on 31 July 2013
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Radiant Me
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(Feminism)
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Radiant (from Webster's Dictionary): 1. Radiating rays or reflecting beams of light 2. Vividly bright and shining: glowing 3. Marked by or expressive of love, confidence, or happiness I don't ...
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Created on 01 May 2012
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Gasp! Always Reveals Print Ad With Little Red Dot...Er, Blood
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(Feminism)
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... Kotex logo with the infamous red dot
In French ads, Tampax has already acknowledged the monthly presence of blood, as has o.b. in Switzerland, according to Copyranter. But neither ad shows blood or any ...
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Created on 07 July 2011
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Surviving the Tampocalypse, or, OB now being sold on eBay!
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(Feminism)
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... these non-applicator tampons are so hard to find really begs the question, why don't Tampax or Playtex make non-applicator versions?
Anyway, how are you planning on surviving the tampocolypse?
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Created on 05 January 2011
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How to Have Happier Periods (for real!)
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(General)
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A box of tampax last cost me over 6 bucks, which is what a drink costs at my favorite bar. I think I would rather spend that money on fun than on the hell that is dry cardboard and bleached cotton! Now ...
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Created on 22 October 2008