Panic-buying tampons will only make them less accessible to women who need them
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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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Long Reads
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.
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- Nancy Saddington
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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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- Ava Welsing-Kitcher
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We try the innovative new age period products worth knowing about
Did you know there were two types of menstrual cup?
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
“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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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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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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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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- Megan Murray
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The new tampon-alternative promising mess-free sex
Hello blood-free sheets
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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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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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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- Harriet Hall
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Teenage boys are collecting free tampons to hand out at their school
Teenage boys are collecting free tampons to hand out to girls at their school
Beauty
At last, tampon tax set to be scrapped after EU deal
After months of petitioning, viral parody campaigns and women bleeding in front of parliament in protest...
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- Sejal Kapadia Pocha
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