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How Charli XCX is fighting period shame, one tampon string at a time
Every woman should watch this video and be reminded that we don’t need to be ashamed by menstruation.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Life
Are we over the pill? Meet the women opting for hormone-free contraception
Is the pill really all it's cracked up to be?
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Long Reads
We asked 50 women about smear tests. The answers were unexpected
“Who knew your cervix could move around so much and then hide at the worst possible moment?”
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Beauty
“I tried Cyclical Living for a month and here's what happened”
Can living in tune to your period sort out your hormonal skin?
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- Chloe Burcham
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- Kayleigh Dray
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On sex, beauty and self-care: brilliant Caitlin Moran quotes to live your life by
You can always rely on Caitlin Moran’s words of wisdom to guide you through all aspects of life.
Life
Teens in Nepal document the stigma surrounding periods
“We are kept separately and not touched. I feel hated.”
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Life
The comedy night fighting period poverty one laugh at a time
It's going to be bloody funny
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- Megan Murray
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Life
Scotland is first to offer free sanitary products in every university, college and school
The government is funding a new £5.2m scheme to tackle period poverty
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Long Reads
Alesha Dixon has a simple, yet powerful, solution to period poverty
137,000 girls in the UK are regularly missing school because they can’t afford sanitary protection. That needs to change
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- Alesha Dixon
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People
Halsey absolutely refuses to let male managers make her feel ashamed of her endometriosis
“This is a reality for me and you need to suck it up and deal”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
This new invention promises to make your period eco-friendly
You can prevent 12,000 pieces of plastic entering the sea by using it
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Woman claims she was fired for leaking during a heavy period at work
“Every woman dreads getting period symptoms when they're not expecting them, but I never thought I could be fired for it.”
Life
Science reveals the surprising truth about “period brain”
Looks like we can no longer blame our periods for everything...
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Life
‘Period shame’ causes nearly half of girls to skip PE lessons: study
This girl can, but she's too afraid to. Isn't it time we busted the taboo?
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- Anna Brech
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Life
Fighting for their rights: the heroic teens battling period taboos
"I wasn’t allowed to comb my hair, look in the mirror, attend school, read and write."
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Life
Man takes to Reddit for advice on raising his 11-year-old niece
And the response was absolutely beautiful
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- Stylist Team
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Life
How teens in India are fighting against the stigma surrounding periods
“I love breaking the taboos”
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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- Sarah Biddlecombe
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Girls are missing school because they can't afford to buy tampons
“I Sellotaped tissue to my underwear. I didn't know what else to do.”
Life
Tampon sales in the UK have plummeted dramatically, but why?
New figures show that women in the UK are buying five million fewer packets of tampons each year.
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- Harriet Hall
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