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September 7, 2015 0 Comments

Menstruation + taboo (1): film festivals

Lately there has been a lot of attention for the subject of menstruation + taboo. Period! brings you the best awareness actions. This week: film festivals.

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August 28, 2015 0 Comments

‘Some asshole with a Kotex’

Do you know who I am?’ a drunk John Lennon asked a waitress of the Troubadour nightclub in West-Hollywood forty years ago when she refused to serve him any longer. ‘Sure,’ her reaction was: ‘Some asshole with a Kotex on his head.’ (…)

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August 12, 2015 0 Comments

Menstruation in literature

The experience of menstruation is often tied to key moments in our lives as women. Therefore, in literature the monthly bleeding is linked to symbolism and poignancy. Five examples. (…)

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August 6, 2015 0 Comments

Men-struation? (2)

It’s women who have it every month. But should men also be educated about periods? (…)

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July 14, 2015 0 Comments

Wanted: museum director

The collection of the world’s only menstruation museum needs a new owner.

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July 10, 2015 0 Comments

Time for a miracle tampon?

Glasses, houses, telephones, vacuum cleaners: nowadays everything contains a computer. But for our menstruation we still use products that can’t do more than absorbing or catching blood. Isn’t it time for a smart tampon? (…)

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June 23, 2015 0 Comments

#LiveTweetYourPeriod

No silent suffering any more! Use the hashtag #LiveTweetYourPeriod and share your period misery when Aunt Flo comes to visit.

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June 22, 2015 2 Comments

Men-struation? (1)

It’s women who have it every month. But should men also be educated about periods? (…)

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June 19, 2015 0 Comments

Pure luxury?

Are menstrual towels and tampons luxury items and should they be taxed accordingly? There’s a worldwide discussion going on about this subject. Illustrator Gemma Correll drew a cartoon which clearly shows which side she supports. (…)

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May 23, 2015 0 Comments

Kotex Girl

She was the first real-life woman appearing in a commercial for menstrual towels: Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller (1907-1977). In the twenties she was a successful model in New York. (…)

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May 15, 2015 0 Comments

The Period Fairy

If there’d be an Oscar for tampon commercials, then it’d surely go to The Period Fairy. And also the two previous videos by Hello Flo would be Academy Award winners.

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May 6, 2015 0 Comments

Once upon a time…

Is the fairy-tale Little Red Riding Hood a simple warning to children to obey their parents? Or does it have a deeper hidden meaning? (…)

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April 1, 2015 0 Comments

Period stains? Not on Instagram

It’s a picture of a woman on her period. A very normal situation. But it seems like menstruation is still taboo, at least on social media.

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April 1, 2015 0 Comments

Man versus pad

Attractive. Strong but also soft. Tender. Reliable. The ideal man is a sanitary napkin, so do we see in a Chinese commercial.

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December 10, 2014 0 Comments

Join the Tampon Club!

Periods almost always start unexpectedly. And at inconvenient times. For example at work, where you can buy tomato soup, but not tampons. This gave Alice Bartlett an idea. (…)

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October 18, 2014 0 Comments

Leak Chic

Fear of leaking? Nonsense! Turn those period stains into fashion statements. Leak Chic is part of the Period Positive-project by Chella Quint.