Ask Gynae Geek: your most Googled questions about irregular periods, answered
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LifeWhy it matters that we’re getting a period emoji
It won’t eliminate stigma on its own – but if it helps start important conversations, then that’s worth celebrating.
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LifeHow Mary Queen of Scots exposed the media’s squeamishness about periods
You’d think the world was getting over its problem with menstruation – but the response to Josie Rourke’s film suggests otherwise.
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LifeThese are the shocking stats around period poverty in the UK
The issue is much closer to home than you may have thought
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Visible WomenThis inventor could have revolutionised periods. Why was she ignored?
The true story of forgotten inventor Mary Davidson Kenner, who created an innovative new menstrual pad in 1956.
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Life“Why a Mooncup is the most life-changing purchase you’ll make in 2018”
Your periods are about to get a serious make-over
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- Sonya Barber
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Long Reads“Doctors told me my period pains were nothing. Then I collapsed.”
Does the new endometriosis pill prove women’s health is finally being taken seriously?
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- Sarah Graham
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Opinion“India has scrapped its tampon tax. Why are we still paying it in the UK?”
The world’s ‘most dangerous country for women’ is ending taxes on sanitary products – but in the supposedly enlightened UK, we’re still being forced to pay up.
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- Moya Crockett
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Visible WomenWhy Ruby Raut wants women everywhere to wear WUKA ‘period pants’
Stylist meets WUKA co-founder, Ruby Raut
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- Susan Devaney
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LifeFemale MP makes ground-breaking move by discussing her period in parliament
Scottish Labour's Danielle Rowley got real about period poverty in a revolutionary way
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- Megan Murray
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LifeThese are the reproductive health issues women worry most about
But a new study shows that embarrassment is still stopping women from seeking the help they need.
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Get a box of goodies delivered to your door every month
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LifeThis London restaurant will let you swap tampons for cocktails
Show your support for period poverty by getting sozzled
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- Megan Murray
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LifeThis company claims sanitary towels filled with dirt can ease period pain
But gynaecologist Dr Jen Gunter has called them out on it.
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- Susan Devaney
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Long ReadsLaura Bates on why we urgently need better sex education in schools
"Some biology textbooks don’t include the clitoris, because why would girls need to know about that?"
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Happy PlaceFinally, there's some good news about the tampon tax
Don't get too excited - it's not still not been abolished
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- Megan Murray
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LifeWhen will the tampon tax finally be abolished?
When you can expect to see the back of this ridiculous tax
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- Megan Murray
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Visible WomenMeet the woman tackling period poverty for asylum seekers
Stylist’s Woman of the Week is activist Gabby Edlin, the founder of Bloody Good Period.
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- Georgia Green
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LifeThe tampon has been given a major upgrade for 2018
Wave goodbye to unwanted leakage
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- Susan Devaney
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Visible WomenWomen’s Daily Dispatch: The news you need to know on 24/1/18
The ten safest places to live as a woman, Tessa Jowell on brain cancer and more
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- Emily Reynolds
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LifeThe unique way this Scottish company is fighting period poverty in the UK
“Buy one, give one.”
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- Susan Devaney
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