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Menstruation

everyday sexism Nov. 13, 2015

Period Underwear Ads Shot Down by Taxi TVThis again?

By Susan Rinkunas
everyday sexism Oct. 21, 2015

Women’s Underwear Company Getting Hassled Over Subway Ads [Updated]Why? Because its ads mention (gasp) periods.

By Susan Rinkunas
our barbies ourselves Sept. 23, 2015

‘Normal Barbie’ Gets Her Period and PartiesWith colorful pads.

By Susan Rinkunas

modern menses Sept. 22, 2015

One NYC High School Now Offers Free TamponsOne Queens school is leading the way.

By Susan Rinkunas
modern menses Sept. 14, 2015

Great Moments in Menstrual HistoryA period piece.

By Maggie Mertens
am i dying Aug. 20, 2015

What Is This Intestinal Chaos During My Period?What it means if you experience lots of pooping, an alarming lack of pooping, or, hellishly, both.

By Susan Rinkunas
friendly fearmongering Aug. 14, 2015

Don’t Buy Organic Tampons to Be HealthyJessica Alba says her products are “safer,” but that’s not quite right.

By Susan Rinkunas
Aug. 14, 2015

She Ran a Marathon Without a Tampon — and LivedEveryone else freaked out at the sight of menstrual blood.

By Dayna Evans
menstruation Aug. 11, 2015

Women Are Live-Tweeting Their Periods at Donald TrumpHe is having a bad time of the month.

By Erica Schwiegershausen
modern menses July 10, 2015

A No-Bullshit Tampon-Subscription ServiceAll-cotton tampons delivered to your door for $10 a month.

By Susan Rinkunas

bloody mess June 16, 2015

Menstruation Can Become Humiliation in PrisonsFemale inmates are routinely denied tampons and pads.

By Alex Ronan
service journalism Mar. 6, 2015

Is This the Secret to Mess-Free Period Sex?Boning while wearing a menstrual cup: an experiment.

By Beejoli Shah
ovaries week Sept. 16, 2014

Blood Hounds: They’re Obsessed With Period Sex“A real man goes down on you on your period. And loves it.”

By Maureen O'Connor
menstruation May 16, 2014

Embracing My Period at a Woodstock Moon LodgeHow I wound up chanting and chatting about menstrual sponges in the woods.

By Roxanna Asgarian
modern menses Aug. 21, 2013

The Rise of the Period Apps: Where Big Data Meets Girlie GraphicsIn which the Quantified Self begins to menstruate.

By Alice Hines
teen girls Aug. 5, 2013

Why Did a Fan Throw a Tampon at One Direction?Poetic sexual awakening or random boorishness?

By Maureen O'Connor
sex ed Dec. 4, 2012

Six Things We Learned About Periods From Temple’s Student Newspaper“No one prepares guys for how to handle their ladies’ menstrual cycle.”

By Kat Stoeffel