No one wanted this. No one. Not even the people making the film based on the book that features this inexplicably awful scene. The scene in Fifty Shades of Grey where Christian Grey pulls a tampon out of Anastasia Steele will not be seen in the upcoming film adaption. » 1/21/15 11:08pm 1/21/15 11:08pm

A top British tennis player lost her very first match at the Australian Open this week. This is noteworthy because she practically admitted straight out that her period was at fault. » 1/21/15 5:30pm 1/21/15 5:30pm

Of the all the extreme challenges faced by homeless people, the lack of access to menstruation products is one that, for many homeless women, is among the worst and most humiliating. » 1/15/15 7:00pm 1/15/15 7:00pm

Blood Cup » 1/02/15 7:50pm 1/02/15 7:50pm

Men: they know so much, about so much. What would it be like if these giant-brained creatures gave us a lil' menstruation how-to? On this dark December Hump Day, Hammerkatz (NYU's sketch comedy group) has gifted us with a taste of that beautiful madness: "Tampax is the best there is! Whether your vagina is tall,… » 12/17/14 1:10pm 12/17/14 1:10pm

In recent months, Apple has given iTunes users a U2 album and health nuts a revamped HealthKit app that tracks just about everything about a person's health except menstruation. Apple loves Bono and refuses to acknowledge periods. Apple is literally your dad. » 9/26/14 12:40pm 9/26/14 12:40pm

Have you ever been with a dude whose attitude to period sex was not merely "why not?" but active enthusiasm? Well, they're out there, and they are more than happy to pick Aunt Flow up at the airport. » 9/16/14 1:10pm 9/16/14 1:10pm

"The taboo that surrounds [periods] teaches women that a normal and natural bodily function is embarrassing and crude." That's the message two teenagers want to send with their new video game, Tampon Run. » 9/09/14 4:45pm 9/09/14 4:45pm

Feminine hygiene brand Carefree is taking a new approach to marketing towards the Australian consumer. New ads by DDB Sydney feature hosts by the name of Fanny Glitterwinkle, Harmony Freebush and Stefan Van Der Blöed. The commercials are funny, weird and — surprisingly — actually use the word "vagina." » 8/25/14 12:35pm 8/25/14 12:35pm

Don your most festive Diva Cups, ladies, because America is all about periods right now. » 5/19/14 6:40pm 5/19/14 6:40pm

British chanteuse Lily Allen has a new album coming out next month. But she says getting the word out hasn't been without its snags, since radio stations won't play her song "Sheezus" because it has the word "period" in it. » 4/11/14 3:30pm 4/11/14 3:30pm

Periods are a perfectly natural element of the human experience, not a blood-soaked nightmare from whence we can never wake. But you wouldn't know that to talk to many dudes out there! And maybe it's time that we, as a society, maybe fixed that. » 3/06/14 5:40pm 3/06/14 5:40pm

Some dude has created a Kickstarter for Period Panties, which are special underpants with lurid cartoons on them that you can wear when you're on your period. Period Panties are meant to helpfully eliminate the difficulty of explaining to your significant other that you are menstruating (because saying "I am on my… » 2/13/14 1:00pm 2/13/14 1:00pm

Behold: the music video for "Crimson Wave," a Clueless-referencing song about periods by Seattle pop-punk feminist band Tacocat. (You're welcome if you won your round of Internet Feminist Bingo after reading that sentence.) And this music video has it all: dancing crabs, mermaids, a guy in a shark costume reading a… » 2/11/14 5:30pm 2/11/14 5:30pm