You know the character traits associated with your sun sign, your Hogwarts house, and your favorite flavor of La Croix, but have you thought about what your menstrual products reveal about your personality? Your period is a time for many things: binge-watching television, catching up on your comfort eating, getting into arguments for reasons you’ll […]
It seems ironic that the products claiming to combat shame around our sexuality are helping us hide it — and implying that we need to. On February 4, an email arrived in my inbox advertising Lorals, a pair of lingerie designed to be worn during oral sex. I was confused. Why would I want anything (besides a dental dam, perhaps) […]
I just tell my daughter the truth: I have PMS, my back is killing me, and we’re going to eat a lot of chocolate. My daughter is singing. There’s nothing that makes me happier. At 2 years old, her grasp of pitch and rhythm are rudimentary at best, but what she lacks in technique she […]
If there had been period-havers at the table when these sales taxes were originally drafted, you can bet that there would’ve, at the very least, been a conversation about where the lines are drawn. In college, I worked as a janitor at night to help cover my rent and food. Going to school full-time was […]
I don’t think they’ll ever offer their girlfriends Midol, but periods have lost their mystique and element of shame. I met my first real boyfriend my sophomore year of high school. Every afternoon when he wasn’t working, we hung out at his house while his mom was at work. One of those afternoons, not long […]
