menstrual

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SELF

How TikTok is teaching us to hack the menstrual cycle

Keep seeing the words 'follicular phase' and 'luteal phase' on TikTok? Here's how TikTok is teaching us to…

By Sarah Gill

Courtney Cox in an 1985 ad for Tampax.

AGENDA

What advertising teaches us about periods

Before the now infamous Tampax ad, there was a plethora of menstruation advertising that would leave you with…

By Nathalie Marquez Courtney

SELF

Meet the students revolutionising how young women talk about periods

The Bronze Award-winners at this year’s Young Social Innovators Ireland (YSI) Awards, the team from St Brigid’s Secondary…

By Sarah Finnan

AGENDA

Spain set to become first European country to offer menstrual leave

The government is in talks to approve a draft reform which would allow women to avail of three…

By Sarah Finnan

Periods

EDITORIAL

Why Always is removing the female symbol from its period products

When it comes to female sanitary products, there's much that could be improved. There's still a lot of…

By Jennifer McShane

EDITORIAL

Menstruation shame: This is why we are all so afraid of seeing period blood on TV

Why is there a stigma attached to 'being on your period?' Is it simply an issue of privacy,…

By Amanda Cassidy