Culture

July 14, 2022 0 Comments

Next day trip: a menstruation museum

Every possible topic has its own magazine. And its own museum. Also menstruation. Next day out: a visit to the period museum. (…)

Facts & Figures

February 21, 2022 0 Comments

War souvenirs: tampons and pads

Did you know? During World War 1, army nurses realised that bandages made of wood pulp could also be used as menstrual pads. Tampons also have a link with the war industry. (…)

Culture

January 17, 2022 0 Comments

As long as it doesn’t bother HIM

When are ‘women problems’ real problems? Quite simple: when it affects men. Vintage advertisements often emphasise the impact women complaints have on the man: It’s no fun to live with a wife with nerves. (…)

Facts & Figures

December 5, 2021 0 Comments

Back to the future: menstrual pads

The menstrual pads we wear today are pretty comfortable. But what did the predecessors look like? (…)

Culture

October 13, 2021 0 Comments

Periods in different… periods

Period Piece is a brilliant web series about women in different periods of history… having their periods. (…)

Culture

August 27, 2021 0 Comments

5 Weird historical remedies against period pain

Burning toads and soaking tampons in opium?! In the past they had some very strange ways to get rid of menstrual cramps. Just don’t try them at home. (…)

Quotes

February 27, 2018 0 Comments

Listen to the body

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. (…)

Facts & Figures

January 29, 2016 6 Comments

Tampon history

The story of the white pieces of cotton throughout the centuries. (…)

Culture

January 27, 2016 0 Comments

Say yes to the dress?

The horrible cramps women suffered in Victorian times were thought to be period pain. (…)

Culture

October 6, 2015 0 Comments

Very Personally Yours

Of course you can bathe. You should bathe. But take care and don’t catch a cold. In 1946, Walt Disney gave menstrual education. (…)

Culture

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. (…)

Quotes

April 1, 2015 0 Comments

Dangerous stuff

‘The wine is sour, flowers wilt, seeds dry out, bee colonies die, even the mirror becomes dull and loses its gloss ivory’ – Pliny the Elder. (…)

Quotes

August 18, 2014 0 Comments

Deformed males

‘Women are defective by nature.’ Those are the words of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. He considered females as inferior because they menstruate instead of producing semen. (…)

Quotes

June 17, 2014 0 Comments

Bleeding out the moisture

According to Hippocrates, the father of western medicine, menstruation was the salvation of most women. (…)