Breaking the Taboo: Menstrual Cups Edition
While the world is constantly breaking stereotypes and changing at a rapid pace, let’s talk about a change that so many of us are yet to...
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4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Periods
People who menstruate have it rough. Sometimes it feels like we’re playing the game of life in hard mode, while everyone else who doesn’t...
PERIOD @ Tokyo
PERIOD, a non-profit focused on ending period poverty and period poverty, launches in Tokyo.
“Thinx” Again: How Thinx is Redefining Period Care
Thinx reduces the unnegotiable cost of having a period.
"Menstruation at the Margins" Discussion Panel Highlights
Minority group experiences about their periods, from the homeless and prison inmates to Native American and LGBTQ+ communities.
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Love To Hear It: Period Horror Stories
Forget ghost stories...
Period. End of Sentence: A Review
It’s the reality check that you didn’t even realize you needed and the hope you didn’t even know existed.
A History of Periods for National Period Day
On Saturday, October 19, people all over the United States were poised to take part in rallies as part of National Period Day , an event...
First National Period Day to Take Place All Over the U.S.
All over the country, people are raising awareness for the period poverty and amplifying the message of the menstrual movement.
Menstrual Cups
Edited by: Sonal Rana (UG 21) Lying in the bed with a hot water bottle on her stomach, my friend kept groaning every two seconds. She told...
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How To Stay Eco-Conscious While On Your Period
You may have never realized, but feminine hygiene products contribute to a fair amount of waste. Everything from the packaging to the...
The Tampon Taboo
It is in middle school, arguably the most awkward stage in anyone’s life, that many get their first periods. Bloody afternoons are met with...
Chill Out! The Link Between Stress and Irregular Periods
How stress might be a factor in your irregular period.
Tampons Out, Ladies!
It’s time to stop hiding our menstrual products
Making Periods More Inclusive
Every year, Her Campus at Point Park hosts an event on campus called PMStival. This event is meant to erase the stigma around periods and...
5 Sustainable Period Products to Give a Little More Love to the Planet
It’s 2019 and we’re so done with plastic.
Why the NuvaRing Works for Me
I've been using the NuvaRing as my form of birth control since April 2019. I have used other different types of birth controls including...
Radical feminism and why it's not okay:
Smeared in menstrual blood from top to bottom. Red all over her face, red dripping down her breasts, caked all over like paint. This is...
5 Period Memes to Make You Laugh 'Til You Bleed
New month, new menstrual cycle! The b*tch is back by popular demand and will (hopefully) be rolling out her red carpet once again. Society...
Why Our Healthcare System is Not Doing Enough for PMS
A little background for my personal connection to this topic: I’ve had a couple of fainting spells in my life, one culminating in minor...
