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This Period Ad Is Hard To Watch For A Familiar Reason
Sara Coughlin
Nov 8, 2016
Diet & Nutrition
This Chocolate Is Designed To Relieve Your Period Cramps
Suzannah Weiss
Nov 7, 2016
Health Trends
The Brilliant Reason This Woman Calls Mike Pence Every Day
Kimberly Truong
Nov 4, 2016
Sex
This Period-Sex Porno Will Make All Your Sexy Vampire Fantasies C...
Whether you're into period sex or, like, really into it, you're probably aware that it doesn't get much screen time in mainstream porn. One
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Sara Coughlin
Sex
The Period Comics We Wish We Had When We Were Going Through Puberty
A lot of us first learned about our periods through awkward talks with our parents or cringe-worthy sex-ed classes. And unfortunately, many of the messages
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Suzannah Weiss
Body
Someone Needs To Tell This Sad Teen How Periods Work
If people with periods were able to control them, then believe me, they would. So why do those who don't, like Ryan Williams from London, seem to thin
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Kathryn Lindsay
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Sex
The Truth About Getting Pregnant On Your Period
It's a question that has probably come up in every single sex-ed class (we hope, at least) — yet it remains one that continues to perplex many o
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Sarah Jacoby
Wellness
A Model Reveals What It’s Like To Have Your Period During F...
When you're in the audience of a runway show it's hard to see the models as anything other than perfectly coiffed, put-together superhumans. Howe
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Kathryn Lindsay
Health Trends
This Period Board Game Wants To Teach Young Girls About Menstruation
Everyone has a unique story from when they first learned about Their Changing Bodies, but girls of the future might be able to say this: I learned about my
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Kathryn Lindsay
Body
Here’s Why It’s So Hard For You To Get Enough Sleep
Sleep problems are distressingly common — approximately 40% of Americans report not getting enough ZZZs. And these issues are even more common among
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
How These 5 Women Are Changing The Way We Deal With Periods
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Sarah Jacoby
Health Trends
#IfMenHadPeriods Is Trending On Twitter Right Now — Here’s Why Th...
Over the Labor Day weekend, the hashtag #IfMenHadPeriods began trending on Twitter, emerging as an attempt to call out institutional sexism around periods.
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Kimberly Truong
Body
Why Are We Still Sneaking Tampons To The Bathroom?
Menstruphobia is real and it has far-reaching effects on women's lives.
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Laura Delarato
Body
Kylie Jenner Sets The Record Straight On Her Breast Size
Today in Kylie Jenner news, we report that people are still fascinated by the physical changes of a 19-year-old's body. The reality star incited a sto
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Sara Coughlin
World News
This Olympic Swimmer Just Broke China’s Period Taboo
This story was originally published on Refinery29's U.K. site. With her expressive face and childlike glee, Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui has become a wa
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Natalie Gil
Body
Here’s Why Your Period Is Worse Than Your Pet’s
What separates us from the animals, even more so than our opposable thumbs or larger brains? That would be our massive amounts of period blood. In fact, on
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Sara Coughlin
US News
“Periods For Pence” Gets An Update To “Tampons ...
Update: The announcement of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s choice of running mate has breathed new life into the Peri
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Cristen Conger
Body
Is This Why Some Trips To The Gym Suck More?
When we think of our menstrual cycles, we tend to think only of the exceedingly fun week of our period. But that ebb and flow of hormones can affect many p
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Sarah Jacoby
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Health Trends
Why This Little Girl Freaked Out When Her Big Sister Got Her Period
As any younger sibling knows, your older sibling is like a crash-test dummy. You get to watch him or her go through the trials of growing up, all while tak
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Sara Coughlin
World News
14 Breathtaking Photos Reveal How These Women Celebrate Their Fir...
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KAELYN FORDE
Sex
Teens’ Questions On Blue Balls, Period Sex & More, Answered
When we asked our teenage and young-adult Snapchat users for their sex questions, we found they led to answers with something for all ages — and so w
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Hayley MacMillen
Sex
Your Fertility App Only Needs To Know One Thing About You
There are now hundreds of fertility tracking apps out there, but it's hard to know if any of them are actually helping. Thankfully, new research sugge
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
What It’s Like To Get Your Period In Prison
Everyone's favorite dramedy Orange is the New Black is at its best a show that never fails to pick apart the unfair absurdities of women's lives.
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Kimberly Truong
Body
Here Are All The Annoying Things That Can Trigger Migraines
It's estimated that about 16% of adults in the U.S. get migraines, and they hit three times as many women than men. And according to new research, alm
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Sarah Jacoby
Body
Finally, A Period Ad With Real Blood & No Blue Liquid
Period-product commercials and period reality typically could not be further removed from one another. In the tampon ads we grew up with, sundress-clad wom
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Hayley MacMillen
Fitness
Can A Menstrual Cup Make Working Out On Your Period Easier?
It's been a tried-and-true excuse since P.E. class: “I can't work out — I have my period.” It's one thing if you used it t
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Sara Coughlin
Health Trends
How #TweetYourPeriod Is Shutting Down Period Shaming
Even though half of the world's population will menstruate at some point in their lives, it's still generally considered impolite to talk about y
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Kimberly Truong
Body
This Hilarious Video About Puberty Will Erase Your Awkward Pretee...
Puberty is known as your “awkward stage” for a reason. If we could all forget that time in our lives, we probably would (sadly, brace-faced mid
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Kimberly Truong
Body
Why Trans Male Model Sawyer DeVuyst Starred In A Period Underwear Ad
Sawyer DeVuyst would like to set the record straight. Thanks to hormone replacement therapy, he no longer gets his period — but he was still enthusia
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Hayley MacMillen
Body
Want To Know When To Change Your Tampon? There’s Now An App...
The trusty old tampon is getting a high-tech, if not slightly strange, makeover. Thanks to my.Flow, tampons can now be a part of the period-tracking proces
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Sara Coughlin
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