
MH Day 2018: No More Limits
During Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day) on May 28 all over the world awareness is raised about the challenges women face during their menstruation. This year is the fifth edition. (..)
During Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day) on May 28 all over the world awareness is raised about the challenges women face during their menstruation. This year is the fifth edition. (..)
Gifts for mama in all shapes and price categories. With a period theme of course. Because without your mother, her uterus and her menstrual cycle, you wouldn’t be there. (…)
The statement that primates and humans are the only mammals who menstruate is only partly true. Also bats and elephant shrews get their periods. (…)
‘My mother gave me the option of using tampons, but it was like trying to push a carrot in my nose.’ – Indian blogger Rimli Bhattacharya looks back on her first acquaintances with Agony Aunt Flo. (…)
Help to set the score on periods in the great outdoors. Take part in a special survey to find out whether menstruation is a barrier for participating in adventurous activities. (..)
‘If there is a river, braver than this, coming and coming in a surge, of passion, of pain if there is.’ An ode to menstruation, by Lucille Clifton. To celebrate #WorldPoetryDay.
Following the worldwide release of the movie PadMan, Indian blogger Sonia Chatterjee shares her personal journey about menstruation and cramps. (…)
Let’s listen to our bodies as they will naturally regulate with the greater cycles of nature. Kate Bavister writes about a call for mitigating matters of menstruation and changing the language. (…)
Not all creations made by Dutch fashion artist Agnes van Dijk are very wearable. This AllDayPearlDress for example, which is made of pearls and panty liners. (…)
Do you have a question about menstruation? Email the editorial team! (…)
What if the birth control pill suppresses a whole lot more than just your periods? Taq Bhandal writes about how going off the pill saved her sex drive and explains the advantages of natural fertility awareness methods. (…)
Menstruation is something completely natural. Get over it. That, in a nutshell, is the philosophy of the feminist label Creepy Gals. (…)
After discovering his wife couldn’t afford to buy menstrual pads, Indian entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham developed low cost pads. Now his story is being made into a movie.
If you look at the hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle, it’s perfectly understandable that we feel slightly different from time to time. (…)
Not having enough money to pay for tampons or pads and thus missing school or work. A situation that only happens in developing countries? Wrong. Period poverty also exists in Europe and the USA. (…)
In traditional eastern medicine, menstruation isn’t only seen as a physical clean-up, but also as an emotional and spiritual one. It restores the balance between body and mind.
The angry uterus is the trade mark of American label Menstrosity. In the collection you’ll find pillows, underwear, tote bags and more.
Fragment from Family Guy: ‘Help! Tampon manufacturers don’t use blue liquid any more in their commercials!’ But wait… (…)
PMDD is known as the extreme sister of PMS. What exactly causes this syndrome is unclear. But the consequences are drastic.
How to deal with menstruation when you’re travelling the world? Backpacker Noni Roberts writes about toilets with a hose, the godsend that’s the menstrual cup and how her lifestyle change affected her periods. (…)