
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. (…)
Every possible topic has its own magazine. And its own museum. Also menstruation. Next day out: a visit to the period museum. (…)
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. (…)
The sanitary pads women wear today are pretty comfortable. But what did the predecessors look like? (…)
Period Piece is a brilliant web series about women in different periods of history… having their periods. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
The horrible cramps women suffered in Victorian times were thought to be period pain.
Of course you can bathe. You should bathe. But take care and don’t catch a cold. In 1946, Walt Disney gave menstrual education. (…)
She was the first real-life woman appearing in a commercial for sanitary towels: Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller (1907-1977). In the twenties she was a successful model in New York. (…)