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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. (…)

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: sanitary pads

The sanitary pads women 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. (…)

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 sanitary towels: Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller (1907-1977). In the twenties she was a successful model in New York. (…)

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