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This Woman's Photo Nails The Truth About Severe PMS
Kimberly Truong
Jun 23, 2017
Wellness
What It's Like To Get Your Period As A Transgender Man
Kimberly Truong
Jun 19, 2017
Body
Should You Try Birth Control Shots?
Cory Stieg
Jun 13, 2017
Wellness
Women In New York Could Soon Use Marijuana To Ease Menstrual Cramps
The New York Assembly’s Health Committee approved a new bill last week that could allow people in the state to treat severe period pain with medical mari
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Kasandra Brabaw
Body
Why Pot Feels So Much Weaker When You're On Your Period
If it seems like you need to toke a little extra when you need it most — yes, during those very special, very crampy days of your period — you're
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
This Is Why Your Period Stops & Starts
After years of getting your period, you may think you've got it allllll figured out. But then it decides to throw you a curve ball: It goes for a few
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Sarah Jacoby
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Body
Can You Blame Your Hormones For Your Burning Mouth?
Even if you've never experienced burning mouth syndrome, you can probably guess based on the name what it feels like: not great! The burning condition
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
What The Heck Is A Uterine Fibroid & How Do You Know If You Have ...
You may not have heard of uterine fibroids, but chances are, you'll have them at some point in your life — and they have the potential to cause some
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
How To Tell If You Have A Ruptured Ovarian Cyst
You've no doubt heard that ovarian cysts can be serious business. Serious enough to send Lena Dunham to the hospital last year, in fact. But even thou
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
8 Reasons Why Your Period Is So Bad
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Sarah Jacoby
Wellness
The Frustrating Reason Young Girls Are Missing School
A tampon is a simple thing: a wad of cotton and string stuffed into a plastic tube. But not having access to this simple thing is keeping young girls out o
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Kasandra Brabaw
Wellness
Toni The Tampon Teaches Kids That Men Menstruate & Right-Wingers ...
About a month ago my former coworkers had a coloring lunch to send me off. My contribution? The Adventures Of Toni The Tampon, a fun and gender-inclusive c
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Kasandra Brabaw
Body
Here's Why You Gain Weight On Your Period
Getting your period usually isn't just a matter of bleeding out of your vagina; it often comes with a bonus pack of other irksome symptoms that change
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Cory Stieg
Wellness
Janelle Monáe Just Perfectly Shut Down Period Shaming
Despite the fact that nearly half of the world's population will go through menstruation at some point in their lives, it's still considered R
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Kimberly Truong
Wellness
This Video Reminds Women How Powerful Our Periods Really Are
It's been really tough to be a woman lately. Just kidding, it's always been tough to be a woman. But just in case anyone thought the patriarchy h
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Kasandra Brabaw
Fitness
We Asked Real Dancers If They Would Wear These Period-Proof Leota...
You may know Thinx for their period-proof underwear (or maybe their awesomely inclusive ads), but they've now ventured into new menstrual product terr
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Sophie Saint Thomas
Wellness
No, Gluing Your Labia Shut Will Not Stop Period Leaks
Can we all just agree that men should have no say in inventing solutions to problems they know nothing about? Unfortunately — thanks to the patriarchy ?
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Kasandra Brabaw
Wellness
How You Can Use Your Period To Support Reproductive Rights
In light of the Trump administration's recent attacks on Planned Parenthood, many organizations are finding creative ways to fight back. #SyncWithUs,
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Kimberly Truong
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Health Trends
This Yogini Is Tackling Period Shame
It's the usual #yogisofInstagram stuff, except Góngora has her period — and is actively bleeding through her white yoga pants.
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Amelia Edelman
Body
Dogs Get Periods, Too — & Look Just As Miserable As We Do
In 2015, an artist posted a photo of herself on Instagram in bed with a period stain, and the post went totally viral, but was was deleted because it alleg
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Cory Stieg
US News
Twitter Thought This CNN Rant Was About Periods (It Wasn’t)
Update: Last night, Twitter went nuts over some comments CNN's Jeffrey Lord made about NAFTA and his dry cleaner. There was some concern the conservat
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Amelia Edelman
Health Trends
This Mom Celebrated Her Daughter’s First Period In A Huge Way
Though getting your first period is a big deal for many of us, there's still a lot of stigma attached to something that's normal and completely n
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Kimberly Truong
Spirit
6 Ways A Full Moon Might Mess With Your Life
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
Here’s What The Color Of Your Period Blood Means
Just because your period happens every month doesn't mean you always know what to expect. There's the cramps that come out of nowhere, the someti
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Sarah Jacoby
Health Trends
The Period Conversations We Wish We’d Had With Our Parents…...
I don’t remember the talk my mom had with me about my period, or if there even was one, but I do remember the book, What’s Happening To Me? ans
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Jesse Sposato
Health Trends
Researchers May Finally Understand Why Some Women Get Such Bad Pe...
Every time I have a terrible day or find myself sobbing while listening to StoryCorps (fine, that happens every Friday morning), my first thought is: Am I
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Jesse Sposato
Body
Here’s What’s Actually Happening When You’re Bl...
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
30 Myths About The Menstrual Cycle That Just Won’t Die
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Amanda MacMillan
Body
Election Stress Made My Period Late — & I’m Not The Only One
I won't lie to you, dear reader — the past few weeks have been rough. And I do mean rough. In addition to facing some difficult challenges in my
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Sarah Jacoby
Wellness
Teen Turned School Project Into Period Kits For Homeless Women
15-year-old Lily Alter, a sophomore at Oak Park River Forest High School in Oak Park, IL, has raised almost $8,000 to help homeless women have access to sa
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Tanya Edwards
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