- 1. TikTok Creators Are Warning About Harmful Chemicals In Period Products. Are They Right?
- (Living)
- ... that means going through a lot of period products such as tampons and pads. Despite these products being such a prominent part of our lives, it has come to the internet's attention that many of us don’t ...
- Created on 12 January 2023
- 2. Here’s How to Get A Medication Abortion Using the “Abortion Pill”—No Matter Where You Live
- (Sex)
- ... of tampons to be aware of how much you are bleeding. The bleeding should decrease after 24 hours, but some women experience light bleeding 1-3 weeks after the abortion. However, if you bleed through two ...
- Created on 18 November 2022
- 3. Period Poverty in the United States is More Common Than You Think: The Tampon Shortage Will Only Make it Worse
- (Living)
- If you’ve been baffled by the holes in the shelves your favorite tampons once inhabited, rest assured, you’re not losing it. Time Magazine reported earlier this month that due to supply chain issues ...
- Created on 22 June 2022
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. The Alliance For Period Supplies Helps Make Menstruation More Manageable
- (Living)
- ... addressed.” Founded in 2018 as a division of the larger National Diaper Bank Network, the APS (allianceforperiodsupplies.org) strives to ensure that individuals in need have access to pads, tampons, ...
- Created on 16 March 2020
- 12. Scotland Will Be The First Country To Offer Free Period Products
- (Feminism)
- Scotland passed a bill on Tuesday, February 25 that will ensure free tampons and pads in public places. This will make period products available to all who need them — and they’re the first country ...
- Created on 27 February 2020
- 13. Tenn. Lawmaker Worried Women Will Buy ALL Of The Tampons On Tax-Free Weekend
- (Feminism)
- According to the law in many states, tampons and pads are a luxury. Not a necessity like you know, toilet paper, toothpaste, bandages, oh, and Viagra. Let it be known that what is and isn’t taxed differs ...
- Created on 19 February 2020
- 14. Sweet Justice: See How These Seventh Graders Protested for Their Right to Free Period Products
- (Feminism)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 04 November 2019
- 15. It’s About Bloody Time: First U.S. Town to Publicly Provide Menstruation Products
- (Feminism)
- ... becoming the first municipality in the country to provide free pads and tampons in all town owned restrooms. This means that regardless of gender identity, people will be able to access period products ...
- Created on 13 June 2019
- 16. How To Have Your First Zero Waste Period
- (Sponsored)
- ... centuries. It’s also linked to a ton of garbage. Typically, menstruating folk manage their periods with disposable pads and tampons. These products, containing superabsorbent polymers, single use plastics ...
- Created on 17 May 2019
- 17. Maine Republican Politician Voted Against Free Menstrual Supplies in Prisons Because “It’s Not a Country Club”
- (Feminism)
- ... new reasons to hope- thanks to the passage of last year’s First Step Act, federal prisons are required to provide inmates with free tampons and pads. However, federal prisons represent only a fraction ...
- Created on 20 March 2019
- 18. A California Attorney Is Fighting Local Jails That Withhold Menstrual Products
- (Feminism)
- County prisons around the United States restrict their inmates' access to tampons and pads. According to an article by the non-profit magazine, Mother Jones, Californian attorney Paula Canny is doing ...
- Created on 26 February 2019
- 19. Millennials Are Killing "Feminine Hygiene" ...
- (Sponsored)
- ... bury the over-packaged, plastic disposable pads and tampons as artifacts of a culture temporarily caught up in perceived convenience and body shame. We’re replacing them with menstrual care products that ...
- Created on 14 January 2019
- 20. Australian "Tampon Tax" Dropped After 18-Year-Long Battl
- (Feminism)
- ... introduced a 10% goods and services tax (GST) on all sanitary pads and tampons on the basis that they are ‘luxury’ or ‘non-essential’ items. The then minister of health, Dr. Michael Woodridge, believed ...
- Created on 04 October 2018
