- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Props to Brighton for becoming first Premier League football club to offer free sanitary products
The campaign 'On the Ball' was set up by three female football fans to fight period poverty
- StyleCosmo
This blogger lost a load of followers after putting a picture of her period blood on Instagram
"We are still full of shame and embarrassment over something so so so natural".
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
7 things your period could be trying to tell you about your health
Trust Aunt Flo, she's in the know.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
A plastic-free period is possible: Here's how
Approximately 700,000 panty liners, 2.5 million tampons and 1.4 million sanitary towels are flushed down the toilet in the UK every single day.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
Endometriosis risk is doubled in women who regularly eat red meat, new study reveals
One in 10 women across the UK suffer from the condition.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Serena Williams talks bleeding during first trimester of pregnancy
You can't get your period during pregnancy, so what was it?
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Say goodbye to messy sheets: A period sex blanket has landed
Period sex just got a whole less messy!
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Newcastle University is introducing sanitary bins into male toilets and people aren't sure about it
The move ensures gender-neutral students can use facilities “they feel most comfortable with”.
- StyleYahoo Style UK team
People aren't using condoms during period sex and it's a real worry
Condom use declines by 15% during menstruation
- StyleLauren Sharkey
This is why you're so tired during your period
Does your period make you tired? It's all to do with your hormones.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
Period pain is responsible for 5 million sick days in the UK each year so why haven't laws changed?
Why is menstrual health still not being taken seriously?
- StyleYahoo Style UK
Little girl who started her periods at four will soon face going through the menopause
Emily Dover suffers from a condition called Addison's disease
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Boys should be taught about periods at school, a charity has advised
Could teaching boys about periods help reduce the stigma surrounding menstruation?
- StyleCosmo
'My heavy periods turned out to be womb cancer'
It's one thing being diagnosed with cancer aged 24, but how does it feel to realise it will leave you infertile, too? Lydia Brain knows first-hand.
- StyleGeorgie Darling
Period blood could soon be used to help identify female-only diseases
There's not enough research into women's diseases.
- StyleDevon Kelley
Controversial raw vegan bloggers claim diet gets rid of 'toxic' menstruation
Losing your period is not a good sign, health experts are warning.
StyleAlice ShollMeghan Markle pens powerful essay about periods and equality
Meghan Markle is no woman to shy away from bringing up issues about equality and identity, as she opened up about being a biracial actress in a piece in December last year. In an article titled ‘How Periods Affect Potential’, the actress talks about the stigma girls and women face in developing countries simply for having their periods.
StyleAlice ShollMan who slammed women for having periods sets up GoFundMe page called ‘Stop The Blob’
The teen ‘meninist’ who said women should “control their bladders” instead of using tampons has apparently started a GoFundMe page to pay for his biology lessons. Ryan Williams, a 19-year-old photography student, first attracted attention when he went on a rant about the tampon tax, saying that women should “pay for ur [sic] own tampons if u can’t hold it until u get to a toilet. “Help enable me, a young adult politics expert and brexit campaigner be able to afford to have Biology lessons.
StyleMarie-Claire DorkingExecutive Coach Claims Women On Their Periods Shouldn’t Make ‘Critical Decisions’
An executive coach has claimed women shouldn’t make important decisions when they are on their period [Photo: startupstockphotos.com via Pexels] Just when you think we’ve made some strides in the fight against period shaming an executive coach goes and says the female of the species shouldn’t be making important decisions when they are menstruating. Sarah Macarthur-King, who runs Invictus Coaching Solutions in Australia, wrote an article for HerCanberra about how women can manage premenstrual tension (PMT) when in a leadership position. “Don’t make any critical decisions,” she advises. Sarah Macarthur-King believes women should refrain from making ‘critical decisions’ when they are menstruating [Photo: Instagram/sarahmacarthurking] Unsurprisingly there has been such a backlash on social media that the post had to be removed from Facebook.
- StyleAlice Sholl
This Is Why There’s No Cure For Period Pain
PMS: Loads of women have it. Considering how many women it effects, one would assume that the medical world is racing to find a cure for it so that we can all live happier, more productive, pain-free lives. Just to twist the knife, according to ResearchGate, there are five times more studies done on erectile dysfunction than on premenstrual syndrome. Considering that erectile dysfunction affects 19% of men, while PMS affects 90% of women, that seems outrageously unfair.
StyleAlice ShollChinese Swimmer Fu Yuanhui Casually Tackles Taboo On Periods And Sports
Yuanhui at the FINA World Championships [Photo: Getty]
- StyleMarie-Claire Dorking
Woman Slams Facebook After Her Post About Period Pain Is Removed For Being ‘Inappropriate’
Period pain is, well, a pain. Just as long as they don’t do it on Facebook that is. The social media platform dolled out a 24 hour ban to one folk singer from Melbourne who wrote a status about suffering from period pain and needing the painkiller drug, codeine to help ease it.
StyleMarie-Claire DorkingHere’s Why You Should Absolutely Stop Flushing Tampons Down The Loo
41% of women flush tampons down the loo [Photo: Giphy] Pop into any ladies’ loo and you can barely move for signs warning you to never, under any circumstance, dispose of your sanitary products in the toilet. Whoops! According to research for Anglian Water 41% of us admitted to flushing sanitary items down the loo and didn’t know they shouldn’t. When flushed they don’t disintegrate like toilet paper and they cause blockages.
