How did we come up with our topic? We are Olha and Lien and we met during our master’s degree studies and immediately became close friends. From time to time,
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Archives for No shame
Menstrual, Menopause, and Maternity Leave: Why Sex-Based Policies Don’t Work for Women…
Menopause leave is back in the UK news. It’s so great that we are having public conversations about menstrual and menopausal health, but I must admit I’m getting very tired
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Period poverty is political!
[Guest blog by Dr Sara De Benedictis, Brunel University London] Over the past few years, the term ‘period poverty’ has been in the news a lot. It refers to how
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Period Photography: Making the concealed visible
Guest blog by Britta Wiebe, co-founder of Vulvani Many of us internalise damaging menstrual/ gender myths to the point that we prefer not to touch, talk about, or even look
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Why do humans menstruate?
Mega myth #1- To 'cleanse' your body! Sexist societal taboos wrongly position periods as 'dirty' and sadly, this is what many people continue to be taught to believe [1]. For
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Anatomy, No pain, No shame and The basics.
