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1/24/20

Death to Blue 'Period Blood' in Maxi Pad Ads

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1/13/20

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1/13/20

Thinx Period Panties May Contain Crotch Toxins

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5/22/19

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5/22/19

These Bronx Middle Schoolers Made the Best Podcast About Periods

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4/10/19

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The Age of 'Menstrual Surveillance' Is Upon Us

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1/7/19

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RuPaul's Drag Race Producers Apparently Can't Handle a Little Bit of Period Blood

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11/13/18

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11/13/18

The Big Business of Tracking Your Period

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7/22/18

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7/22/18

India Finally Gets Rid Of Its Massive Tax on Sanitary Pads

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5/7/18

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5/7/18

New Fitbit Feature Lets You Track Your Period With Cutesy, Pink Blood Icons

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5/25/17

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5/25/17

Nature Is a Woman's Place: How the Myth That Bears Are a Danger to Menstruating Women Spread

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3/17/17

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3/17/17

Advil Is Marketing Its Basic Ibuprofen Sodium as 'Advil Menstrual Pain'

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9/9/16

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9/9/16

At the Thinx Fashion Show, Period Underwear Tries to Absorb A Lot of Meaning

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8/15/16

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8/15/16

Chinese Swimmer Fu Yuanhui Talks Openly About Having Her Period During the Olympics

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8/9/16

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8/9/16

A Celebration of the Beautiful, Lightly Deranged PR Emails We Get From Period Undie-Makers Thinx

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7/21/16

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7/21/16

Thanks to This Kotex Commercial From 1983, I Now Know What Periods Feel Like

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5/23/16

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5/23/16

There's No Physiological Reason to Have Your Period While On Birth Control

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4/7/16

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4/7/16

Ladies and Gentlemen, We've Reached Peak Wokeness

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2/29/16

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2/29/16

The Majority of Women Still Use Euphemisms to Describe Their Menstrual Cycle

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2/17/16

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2/17/16

Expert Compares Period Pain to a 'Heart Attack,' Says It Needs to Be Taken More Seriously

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2/12/16

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2/12/16

Utah Officials Vote to Keep the Tampon Tax

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12/3/15

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12/3/15

Women Flushing Pads and Tampons Down the Toilet Is Flooding This Montreal Hospital

Madeleine Davies

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Silicon Valley CEO Family Looks to Disrupt Living by Outsourcing Their Entire Existence to Contract Laborer

A Night of White Empathy at a Reading for American Dirt

Death to Blue 'Period Blood' in Maxi Pad Ads

Death to Blue 'Period Blood' in Maxi Pad Ads

Thinx Period Panties May Contain Crotch Toxins

These Bronx Middle Schoolers Made the Best Podcast About Periods

The Age of 'Menstrual Surveillance' Is Upon Us

RuPaul's Drag Race Producers Apparently Can't Handle a Little Bit of Period Blood

The Big Business of Tracking Your Period

India Finally Gets Rid Of Its Massive Tax on Sanitary Pads

New Fitbit Feature Lets You Track Your Period With Cutesy, Pink Blood Icons

Nature Is a Woman's Place: How the Myth That Bears Are a Danger to Menstruating Women Spread

Advil Is Marketing Its Basic Ibuprofen Sodium as 'Advil Menstrual Pain'

At the Thinx Fashion Show, Period Underwear Tries to Absorb A Lot of Meaning

Chinese Swimmer Fu Yuanhui Talks Openly About Having Her Period During the Olympics

A Celebration of the Beautiful, Lightly Deranged PR Emails We Get From Period Undie-Makers Thinx

Thanks to This Kotex Commercial From 1983, I Now Know What Periods Feel Like

There's No Physiological Reason to Have Your Period While On Birth Control

Ladies and Gentlemen, We've Reached Peak Wokeness

The Majority of Women Still Use Euphemisms to Describe Their Menstrual Cycle

Expert Compares Period Pain to a 'Heart Attack,' Says It Needs to Be Taken More Seriously

Utah Officials Vote to Keep the Tampon Tax

Women Flushing Pads and Tampons Down the Toilet Is Flooding This Montreal Hospital

This Graphic Explains 20 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Decision-Making

Margot Robbie Talks Her Struggle to Get Birds of Prey Made

Just Print a Paper Copy of Your Boarding Pass

Death to Blue 'Period Blood' in Maxi Pad Ads

Thinx Period Panties May Contain Crotch Toxins

These Bronx Middle Schoolers Made the Best Podcast About Periods

The Age of 'Menstrual Surveillance' Is Upon Us

RuPaul's Drag Race Producers Apparently Can't Handle a Little Bit of Period Blood

The Big Business of Tracking Your Period

India Finally Gets Rid Of Its Massive Tax on Sanitary Pads

New Fitbit Feature Lets You Track Your Period With Cutesy, Pink Blood Icons

Nature Is a Woman's Place: How the Myth That Bears Are a Danger to Menstruating Women Spread

Advil Is Marketing Its Basic Ibuprofen Sodium as 'Advil Menstrual Pain'

At the Thinx Fashion Show, Period Underwear Tries to Absorb A Lot of Meaning

Chinese Swimmer Fu Yuanhui Talks Openly About Having Her Period During the Olympics

A Celebration of the Beautiful, Lightly Deranged PR Emails We Get From Period Undie-Makers Thinx

Thanks to This Kotex Commercial From 1983, I Now Know What Periods Feel Like

There's No Physiological Reason to Have Your Period While On Birth Control

Ladies and Gentlemen, We've Reached Peak Wokeness

The Majority of Women Still Use Euphemisms to Describe Their Menstrual Cycle

Expert Compares Period Pain to a 'Heart Attack,' Says It Needs to Be Taken More Seriously

Utah Officials Vote to Keep the Tampon Tax

Women Flushing Pads and Tampons Down the Toilet Is Flooding This Montreal Hospital