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Indiana Politician Reportedly Thinks Tampons Give You Orgasms and This Is Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Ed

By Oct 25th
Of All the Uncomfortable Things in ‘Gen V’, Executives Were Weird About a Girl’s Period?

By Oct 10th
It’s 2023 and They’ve Only Just Tested Period Products With Actual Blood

By Aug 17th
Wait, Why Is ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Rated PG-13??

By Apr 28th
‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Cast and Crew Slam Ron Desantis’ ‘Don’t Say Period’ Bill

By Apr 26th
Florida Republicans’ New Bill Bans Girls From Talking About Menstruation

By Mar 17th
A Bestselling Author Got Death Threats for Posting About Her Period, and We Need to Talk About It

By Mar 9th
‘The Last of Us’ Showed My Ultimate Survival Tool

By Feb 21st
‘Turning Red’ Already Had Folks Pearl-Clutching Over Menstruation, ‘Baymax!’ Responds With More Tampons

By Jun 29th
Even Books About Menstruation Apparently Need To Be Banned Now, Too

By Feb 24th
The COVID Vaccine Might Mess With Your Period

By Apr 14th
Man Scandalized by “Obscene” Tweet About Tampons in 2021

By Jan 2nd
Sorry, Republican State Senators, I’m Buying Laptops on Tax-Free Weekends, Not Tampons

By Feb 13th
Thinx Period Underwear May Contain Toxic Chemicals, Had Only One Job

By Jan 14th
Maine GOP Rep. Thinks Menstrual Products Are Luxuries, Has Never Met a Human Woman

By Mar 20th
RuPaul Nixed a Period-Inspired Drag Race Gown for Being in “Bad Taste” Because Women’s Bodies Are Still Deemed too Icky for TV

By Jan 8th
Period: Twelve Voices Tell The Bloody Truth Is an Amazing Collection of Personal Essays on That Time of the Month

By May 16th
Charter School Bathroom Policies are So Strict That Students are Bleeding Through Their Pants

By May 2nd
Woman Allegedly Fired for Getting Her Period at Work Because Women’s Bodies Still Confuse & Terrify Ignorant Men

By Aug 24th
Diapers & Tampons Are Still Taxable “Luxury” Items Because Our Bodies Are Government Moneymakers

By May 11th