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Cities Across Massachusetts are Trying to Make Getting Your Period in School Less Difficult

Free pads and tampons everywhere, please!
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Aly Raisman Wants You to Talk About Your Period

It’s time to end the stigma.

This Is Why Period Stains Are Actually FUNNY

"Tell​ ​them​ ​you​ ​ritualistically sit​ ​in​ ​spaghetti​ ​sauce."

The Silence Around Periods Is LITERALLY Putting Lives at Risk

We need to talk about vaginal bleeding of all kinds.

These Vegan Bloggers Think Having Your Period is TOXIC

It's not.

Girls In India Were Reportedly Strip Searched For Having Their Periods

Here's why that's wrong, but not surprising.

Janelle Monáe Just Clapped Back at Period Shamers on Twitter

Shut it DOWN.

This Man is Developing Labia Glue to 'Free' Women From Their Periods

He thinks women are 'distracted' by their periods.

Madison Beer Is Not Sorry She Got Her Period at the Beach

And she shouldn’t be.

A 15-Year-Old Girl Died When She Was Banished to a Hut for Menstruating

This is horrific.

This Text Convo About Tampons Just DESTROYED Period Shame

Brought to you by: Never being able to figure out where any store keeps period products.

Two College Students Made a Period-Themed Board Game and We Need It Now

"Each turn begins by spinning the two ovaries until a marble comes out.”

This University Is Providing Free Tampons in All Its Bathrooms

"It's a necessity, rather than a luxury.”

The Sexist Reason Your Period Cramps Are So Damn Savage

Nine in 10 women experience PMS.