The Big Business of Tracking Your Period
In news unsurprising to anyone who’s had a period or given serious consideration to people who have periods:…
India Finally Gets Rid Of Its Massive Tax on Sanitary Pads
India has done away with a ridiculous 12 percent tax on sanitary pads, which activists say will hopefully result in…
New Fitbit Feature Lets You Track Your Period With Cutesy, Pink Blood Icons
Fitbit has launched it’s new “female health tracking” feature, which allows users to log their menstrual cycles.…
Nature Is a Woman's Place: How the Myth That Bears Are a Danger to Menstruating Women Spread
Ladies, do you have a secret fear a bear will track and attack you when you’re menstruating in the wild?
Advil Is Marketing Its Basic Ibuprofen Sodium as 'Advil Menstrual Pain'
Ibuprofen is a time-tested remedy for many a period-haver’s cramps and headaches, but are you, the consumer, more…
At the Thinx Fashion Show, Period Underwear Tries to Absorb A Lot of Meaning
You would have been forgiven for thinking that the crowd lining up outside a warehouse venue in Chelsea Thursday night…
Chinese Swimmer Fu Yuanhui Talks Openly About Having Her Period During the Olympics
Although it is the Year Of Our Lord 2016, we become bizarrely Victorian when it comes to discussing menstruation in…
A Celebration of the Beautiful, Lightly Deranged PR Emails We Get From Period Undie-Makers Thinx
The concept behind Thinx underwear, as I understand it, is simple: they’re absorbent and you can bleed right into them.…
Thanks to This Kotex Commercial From 1983, I Now Know What Periods Feel Like
As a man without a functioning uterus (I believe this is the second time I’ve begun a post on Jezebel.com with those…
There's No Physiological Reason to Have Your Period While On Birth Control
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women are increasingly choosing IUDs and hormonal implants…
Ladies and Gentlemen, We've Reached Peak Wokeness
I have never had a period. Not by choice, mind you, but because I am a man without a uterus who doesn’t menstruate. I…
The Majority of Women Still Use Euphemisms to Describe Their Menstrual Cycle
Clue, a new app designed by Ida Tin, wants to help women remove the stigma of how women talk about and perceive their…
Expert Compares Period Pain to a 'Heart Attack,' Says It Needs to Be Taken More Seriously
In an article about the lack of research around painful periods, Quartz spoke to an expert who compares the worst of…
Utah Officials Vote to Keep the Tampon Tax
A group of male officials voted Wednesday to keep the good times flowin’ with their state tampon tax. Proving that…
Women Flushing Pads and Tampons Down the Toilet Is Flooding This Montreal Hospital
Pop quiz! Where do tampons and pads go?
Thinx Period Panty Ads Are Coming to One Lucky L Train Station
Thinx and New York City’s MTA have found common ground in their week-long public fight over period panty advertisements…
Thinx Underwear and the MTA May Have Called a Truce Over the Word 'Period'
Earlier this week, the “period-proof” panties company Thinx and New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority seemed…
'Period' Is Too Much for Subway Ads, Says MTA, But Cleavage-Heavy Implant Ads Are A-OK
New York City has rules for their subway ads, which can’t look too racy. And a set of new ads by Thinx, a company…
Would You Use a 'Smart' Menstrual Cup that Texts You Your Monthly Flow?
If you’re interested in tracking the color and volume of your menstrual flow, then cool, this product may be for you.
You Don’t ‘Need’ to Have a Period At All if You Don’t Wanna
In the ever-wonderful discussion of menstrual politics—shaming vs. celebrating, managing vs. letting it all hang…