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The Ultimate Period Playlist
The Ultimate Period Playlist
There are a lot of ways to make your period a little less painful. From binge watching Broad City (hey, it’s therapeutic to watch all that awkwardness!) to jamming out... Read more...
What is the Tampon Tax?
What is the Tampon Tax?
If you’ve ever had a period then you know that monthly bleeding is a luxury afforded to only about half the population. Wait...what? That claim seems outrageous and, for many... Read more...
How to Ease Menstrual Cramps with Nutrition?
How to Ease Menstrual Cramps with Nutrition?
Menstrual cramps are uncomfortable but, in general, a harmless side effect of menstruation. Some people suffer from bad stomach and back pain, headaches and diarrhea while some don’t even notice... Read more...
Top 5 Natural Ways to Deal with Period Cramps
Top 5 Natural Ways to Deal with Period Cramps
If the first thing you reach for is the ibuprofen bottle when your period cramps come back to haunt you, then you’re doing it wrong. We get it, sometimes period... Read more...
Summer and The Periods
Summer and The Periods
The sun shines, it is +30 degreeds out there – and you have your periods with cramps and super oppresive feeling. Sounds familiar? Periods can be a real pain in... Read more...
Heavy Periods? You May Have Menorrhagia
Heavy Periods? You May Have Menorrhagia
Menorrhagia occurs when one experiences heavy menstrual bleeding of at least 80 milliliters. (That is, approximately three full menstrual cups.) Heavy menstrual periods are no harm to everyone, but some... Read more...
5 Minute Yoga Poses to Relieve Your Period Pain
5 Minute Yoga Poses to Relieve Your Period Pain
Most women know that when Aunt Flo comes to visit, it isn't always a pleasant stay. In fact, pain is often involved. For those women who experience menstrual cramps, we... Read more...
Trash Free Periods
Trash Free Periods
Trash is for Tossers Lauren Singer tells us how the Lunette cup changed the way she thinks of periods. "Before I had a menstrual cupI would absolutely dread periods because... Read more...
Yeast Infection and Periods
Yeast Infection and Periods
Candidiasis is a common female ailment, which is likely to occur in every woman at least once in her life. It is caused by an overgrowth of yeast called Candida... Read more...
Everything You Need to Know About Bacterial Vaginosis
Everything You Need to Know About Bacterial Vaginosis
Don’t you just love it when your vagina starts doing weird things? said literally no human ever. It’s apparently not enough that we have periods to deal with. Throw in... Read more...
4 Women Get Real About their First Period
4 Women Get Real About their First Period
Your period story matters. It matters because, in a world that profits off of our shame, when we speak out about how we experience something as natural as menstruation, we’re... Read more...
How to Deal with PMS
How to Deal with PMS
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) affects around three quarters of menstruating people, although signs and symptoms vary widely. No one know exactly what causes it, but factors such as hormonal changes, chemical... Read more...