Campaigners celebrate the end of tampon tax: the sexist surcharge none of us needed
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
Panic-buying tampons will only make them less accessible to women who need them
Coronavirus stockpiling has resulted in a shortage of tampons on some supermarket shelves. Here’s why it needs to stop.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Long Reads
“Doctors told me my period pains were nothing. Then I collapsed.”
Half of women with endometriosis have suicidal thoughts, and many say the pain has severely impacted their careers, education and relationships.
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- Sarah Graham
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Long Reads
This is how you can help end tampon tax, once and for all
Now that we’ve left the EU, it’s time to crack on with one of the government’s most important pledges – ending tampon tax.
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- Laura Coryton
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Life
Period products will now be free in English state schools
Free tampons in schools at last!
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- Harriet Marsden
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- Nancy Saddington
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Why every employer should offer free sanitary products at work
We’re women, we menstruate, and we’re part of the workplace. So let’s flex our choices.
People
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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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
We try the innovative new age period products worth knowing about
Did you know there were two types of menstrual cup?
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- Ava Welsing-Kitcher
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Life
A book with 15 free tampons inside it has sold out for this political reason
Tampons are taxed at nearly three times the rate as books are in Germany.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
When 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 Women
Women’s Daily Dispatch: The news you need to know on 2/3/18
A new invention promises to make your period more eco-friendly - and the life expectancy of England’s poorest girls has fallen
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- Moya Crockett
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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This new invention promises to make your period eco-friendly
You can prevent 12,000 pieces of plastic entering the sea by using it
Life
The 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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Life
The new tampon-alternative promising mess-free sex
Hello blood-free sheets
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- Megan Murray
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Life
This period-themed art is causing outrage on Stockholm’s subway
Unfortunately, periods are still taboo in 2017
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- Susan Devaney
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Careers
Idiot complains about colleague’s period cramps - and HR backs him up
People menstruate, Guy – get over it
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
The Budget 2017: What does it mean for women?
Spreadsheet Phil lays out his cards on the table
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- Stylist Team
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Life
Family celebrate girl’s first period in a very unique way
“My family is super extra”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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- Harriet Hall
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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.
Life
Finally, a sanitary pad advert that's not scared of actual blood
Sorry weirdly happy rollerblading woman in a white tennis skirt
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- Amy Swales
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