- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. 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
- 12. 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
- 13. 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
- 14. 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
- 15. 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
- 16. 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
- 17. 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
- 18. Tulsi Gabbard Has Got To Go
- (Feminism)
- Tulsi Gabbard is, to paraphrase Michelle Wolf, “about as helpful to women as an empty box of tampons." Last night, she was the only congressperson to vote “present” during Trump’s impeachment, and one ...
- Created on 19 December 2019
- 19. 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
- 20. 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
