Alternative period products: 5 women trial the latest eco-friendly sanitary brands
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Period poverty in the UK: 1 in 5 young girls are being bullied at school, here’s how you can help
Male classmates are calling them "dirty" and "disgusting"
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- Megan Murray
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Life
Vulva artwork takes over women’s public toilets for this reason
And they look amazing!
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
Women gloriously roast a man who can’t believe periods happen at night
"Yes. It is true. When we sleep, our breathing comes to a complete stop and our hearts stop beating. Our soul is then transferred to a cloud."
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- Megan Murray
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Life
Wales just struck a major blow against period poverty in the UK
The Welsh government has announced a scheme addressing period poverty in schools. It’s a reminder that feminist activism can make a difference
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- Moya Crockett
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Why are hardly any women’s charities being supported by the tampon tax?
Over 100 experts have signed an open letter arguing that women’s organisations should benefit from the tampon tax.
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Ask Gynae Geek: your most Googled questions about endometriosis, answered
What causes endometriosis, and is there a cure? Gynae Geek has the answers
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- Dr Anita Mitra
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Long Reads
Why women need to start being bloody difficult about their health
No, you're not a hypochondriac for being concerned about your body
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- Jennifer Lipman
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Long Reads
Ask Gynae Geek: your most Googled questions about irregular periods, answered
Are irregular periods caused by stress? And can they affect fertility? Gynae Geek has the answers
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- Dr Anita Mitra
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Long Reads
Why the government’s pledge to end period poverty is so vitally important
“Together we have secured a change that a few years ago seemed inconceivable: a solution to period poverty”
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- Laura Coryton
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Opinion
10 things I want you to know about making change happen
From the founder of #FreePeriods
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Life
Academy Awards 2019: How Netflix smashed period taboos at the Oscars
Menstruation is making headlines at the Oscars this year, and for good reason...
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Why 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.
Life
How 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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- Moya Crockett
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Life
These 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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This 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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- Anna-Marie Crowhurst
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Life
“Why a Mooncup is the most life-changing purchase you’ll make”
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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- Susan Devaney
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Why Ruby Raut wants women everywhere to wear WUKA ‘period pants’
Stylist meets WUKA co-founder, Ruby Raut
Life
Female 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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