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Culture

February 19, 2023 0 Comments

Famous – in a tampon commercial…

They are not the least names that started their careers by promoting tampons or sanitary napkins. And sometimes it’s just the other way around. Then you’re already famous and you get an offer you can’t resist. (…)

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. (…)

Facts & Figures

September 16, 2019 3 Comments

The menstrual cup hype

Today’s women care for the environment. Also when they’re menstruating. So we all use a menstrual cup. Ideal! Or not? (…)

Culture

September 6, 2019 0 Comments

She said period!

The American actress Courteney Cox (Monica Geller in the television series Friends) was the first person to use the word period on screen in a TV commercial for Tampax. We’re talking about the year 1985. Now she’s going viral with a parody. (…)

Facts & Figures

January 29, 2016 6 Comments

Tampon history

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

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. (…)

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