Periods

Claim Project 2025 is pushing ‘period passports’ sparks ‘used tampon’ protest movement—neither of which are real

Katherine Huggins

July 9, 2024

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‘They’re a bad product’: Woman claims that using an Always menstrual pad sent her into septic shock

Brooke Sjoberg

May 14, 2022

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‘Is it supposed to hurt like that?’: TikTok shows friend group trying period cramp simulator—and the guys can’t handle it

Dan Latu

November 9, 2021

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Report: Period-tracking apps are fueling market research, data surveillance

Alexis Tatum

November 14, 2018

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New York repeals the ‘tampon tax’

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July 22, 2016

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6 YouTube videos that will explain women’s periods for you

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October 23, 2015

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Imagine, if you will, a world in which men had their periods

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May 28, 2015

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A man refused to sell a woman tampons at a gas station because they’re ‘gross’

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May 8, 2015

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Teen boy calls on male classmates to bring in pads and tampons for their girl friends

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April 28, 2015

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Inside Period Tracker, the Reddit of menstruation

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March 9, 2015

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Meet the high school girls who created the Web’s best game about periods

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September 11, 2014

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This tampon commercial perfectly captures the awkwardness of puberty

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June 19, 2014

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Punctuation is dead because we’re tweeting like teenagers

Jess Zimmerman

November 25, 2013