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Menstrual Monday 4/12/10
Hello and welcome to the newest installment of Menstrual Mondays, wherein we review this week in menstrual news, blog entries, art, activism, and more! The Chic Ecologist brings us an installment of...
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Menstrual Monday 4/26/10
We have a short and sweet Menstrual Monday today. Enjoy! The SF Weekly Heartless Doll brings us a helpful public service announcement with Dudes of the World: Menstruation Does Not Make Women Insane....
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May Monthly Friend: Sarah F
May Monthly Friend: Sarah Fauber Name: Sarah Fauber Age: 31 Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky Current location: Louisville, Kentucky Occupation: Self-proclaimed Jane of all Trades: nutrition and...
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Menstrual Monday 5/3/10
Read the heartbreaking story of the 29 girls who were kicked out of their school for menstruating in Nepal School Expels Girls for ‘Being Accursed’ RH Reality Check brings us another great article!...
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Menstrual Monday 5/24/10
Sewing blogger SlipStiches brings us a great article on making your own cloth pads out of scraps that you probably have around the house. The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) will be airing a...
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Menstrual Monday 6/28/10
The Moon Cup: for All Your “Feminine Product” Needs is a great article with a helpful list of all the benefits and downsides to using the Moon Cup. The Women’s Rights section of change.org has a very...
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Naked Faery shares her thoughts on why using a menstrual cup is one way that she can feel feminist in every day life on her tumblr. Blogger, Raising My Boychick, brings us a great review about Sea...
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Menstrual Mini Monday 8/2/10
Evangelizing about the Menstrual Cup from “Let Me See,” a Christian Feminist blog. Learn why she loves menstrual cups! Elephant Journal has a great piece informing and advising you on how to Get Back...
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Menstrual Monday 8/30/10
Green Upgrader sings some praises in Reusable Menstrual Products Help Reduce Waste, Save Money. A study finds that the presence of older brothers delays menstruation in girls. Learn more about why...
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"Padded" Bear
This blog post originally appeared on My Red Tent. We thought it was just to cute and funny to not share with the GladRags community! Thanks to GladRags Guerrilla, Lafan, for allowing us to re-post...
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Meet Bronte, Our Summer Intern!
Eastern Washington University’s student newspaper reported that over 40% of the feminine hygiene machines were broken on their campus, and it reminded me of an experience I had with feminine hygiene...
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My First Period All Over Again…
On one of the first Fridays after starting my internship, I was working at the GladRags HQ when I started my period. It came as a surprise because I hadn’t had a period in about six months because of...
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The GladRags Team: Meet Meagan!
Hey, ladies and gentlemen! My name is Meagan and I’m the person you’ll reach if you want to gab about sustainable menstrual products! Before you entrust me with your personal questions or general...
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Period Pieces: Middle School Myths
Welcome to Period Pieces, our journey through the bizarre and beautiful cultural history of menstruation. Inspired by #throwbackthursday, we serve up our favorite ads, images, and factoids about...
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You’re on your WHAT?!
We have mixed feelings about using phrases like “on the rag” to indicate that you’re menstruating. For one, euphemisms help hide what you’re really talking about, and that can serve to reinforce the...
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Tales from the Womb
In preparation for Halloween, we asked our fans on Facebook to share their spooooookiest period-related story. Here are a few of our favorites: “I used to wear tampons until one time I was at the...
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Our 5 Favorite Halloween Costume Ideas
Halloween is just around the corner! If you’re still looking for the perfect costume, fear not: we’ve collected our top five favorite period themed costumes here for your inspiration… 1. Feminine...
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6+ Things You Always Wanted to Know about Period Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)
On Thursday, we co-hosted a Twitter party with sexperts Heather Corinna of Scarleteen and Erika Moen of Oh Joy Sex Toy. Our highly informative (and frequently laugh-out-loud funny) #SexPeriod chat...
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How I Scarred a Kenyan Village – A Period Story
The gorgeous sunlight soon hid behind dark, looming clouds. The Kenyan nurse kept looking nervously at the darkening sky and then shooting me shaky smiles, trying to tell me in very broken English...
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Dads and Periods: Your Stories
I’m pretty sure my dad and I never talked about periods. Like, ever. We still don’t (and I’m okay with that), although we did take this photo with Cuterus together a few years back at a GladRags party!...
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