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According to a British study, "at age seven there was a 75% increased chance of having a period by age 12 in those eating the most meat compared with those who ate the least," irrespective of body weight. [BBC] More »
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Fave menstrual euphemism of My Little Red Book author Rachel Kauder Nalebuff: "arts and crafts week at panty camp." Read the full interview for more from this impressive eighteen-year-old. [New Yorker] More »
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When I got my first period, I was convinced I was dying. According to My Little Red Book, a compilation of first-person, first-period essays, this is actually pretty common! More »
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The first time they get their periods, many girls are simply unprepared. Which is why Kathy Pickus and Terri Goodwin, sisters from Seattle, created Dot Girl's First Period Kit. Kathy's period debuted during a family vacation, and even though their mother was a nurse, Kathy hadn't yet been given "the talk." "I honestly thought, 'OK, I'm dying,' " Kathy says. "It took a full day to tell my mom." Terri didn't have a dialogue either — their brother died in a car accident the week before she started menstruating and her mother was too grief-srticken to communicate. Now Kathy has a daughter of her own, and the sisters launched Dot Girl last December. The $18 kit is a zippered bag with an information booklet, a menstrual calendar, a gel-filled heat pack to ease cramps, hand wipes and three sanitary pads in two sizes. It comes in two colors: Sky blue and (the more popular) peppermint pink. More »
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