The Twitter Period Movement

Although the Twitter phenomenon that is the #livetweetyourperiod hashtag has circulated for a few months now, this week saw it put to political use in the primaries in the run up to Presidential election. Competing candidate Donald Trump’s fumbling...

The Benefits Of Period Underwear That AI Doesn’t Share

Do we know our bodies better than AI? That shouldn’t even be a question.   The exponential growth of AI has now ebbed and flowed into the world of health and wellness. More specifically, individuals are now seeking answers about women’s health and wellness from...

5 Ways to Cope with PostPartum Depression during Covid-19

Motherhood is a miracle, but in the first few weeks after giving birth, many women will suffer from hormonal imbalances that can cause or exacerbate depression and anxiety. Feeling sad, empty, anxious or disconnected from your baby isn't abnormal -- many physicians...

Culture

Can Daylight Savings Time Affect My Mood?

Fall Back on November 5th, 2023.   There’s a reason why many states have considered legislation to remove Daylight Savings Time and enact permanent standard time. Actually, there are quite a few reasons. Studies have examined that springing forward and falling back have impacts on mental...

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Cardboard Applicator Tampons Are Becoming Popular Again

This is a good thing. Ten years ago in 2013, a steady decline in the use of cardboard applicator tampons began. Markedly, plastic applicator tampons were introduced and within two years, by 2015, approximately 88% of tampons sold and used were plastic applicator tampons. This popularity among...

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Menopause

Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons

Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons

A woman's body definitely changes throughout the cycle of a month, but did you know our bodies change throughout the year as well? A recent study in Nature Communications found that as many as one-fifth of the genes in our blood cells undergo seasonal changes in expression. While these changes can...

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Six Tips for Staying Healthy Down There This Summer

Six Tips for Staying Healthy Down There This Summer

Summer can wreak havoc on our bodies, but in particular, the extra heat and moisture can cause problems with vaginal health if not kept in check. Here are six tips for keeping your vagina healthy this summer -- 1. Wear Cotton Only Cotton is not only hypoallergenic, it allows your skin and vagina...

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Why Using Organic Cotton Matters

Why Using Organic Cotton Matters

What is Organic Cotton? Simply put, organic cotton is non-genetically modified and is grown without any synthetic agricultural chemicals, such as  pesticides. Organic cotton farming methods maintain healthy soil ecosystems, and people, by using natural processes rather than artificial methods....

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Menstruation

Your Vagina Deserves The Best.

Reasons To Use Cotton Pads.  When it comes to purchasing menstrual pads, do you research the ingredients listed on the label? Does it really matter whether the pads are created with wood pulp, fluff pulp, polymers, or cotton? How about the chemical process. Were chlorine, dyes, or even fragrances...

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The Benefits Of Period Underwear That AI Doesn’t Share

The Benefits Of Period Underwear That AI Doesn’t Share

Do we know our bodies better than AI? That shouldn’t even be a question.   The exponential growth of AI has now ebbed and flowed into the world of health and wellness. More specifically, individuals are now seeking answers about women’s health and wellness from artificial intelligence itself....

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Parenthood

8 Halloween Costume Ideas to Commemorate the Year 2020

8 Halloween Costume Ideas to Commemorate the Year 2020

Do not fear -- the end of 2020 is almost near!  If the year 2020 was a costume, what would it be? A coronavirus molecule? A giant diaper to hold our shit together?! The choices are endless, but in the spirit of being hopeful and thankful, here are four costume ideas to pay tribute to some key...

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Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons

Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons

A woman's body definitely changes throughout the cycle of a month, but did you know our bodies change throughout the year as well? A recent study in Nature Communications found that as many as one-fifth of the genes in our blood cells undergo seasonal changes in expression. While these changes can...

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Four Care Tips for New Moms & their Babies

Four Care Tips for New Moms & their Babies

Being a new mother brings elation, but with it comes an endless number of challenges. Not only do you have to take care of yourself and new issues like chapped nipples, pumping, and night leaks, but you also have a new human being whose entire survival depends on you! You've taken care of them in...

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Pregnancy

5 Signs of a Possible Miscarriage

5 Signs of a Possible Miscarriage

Being pregnant is one of life's greatest joys. But with that joy also comes anxiety and risks to the mother's body and health. With the many symptoms of early pregnancy, for example back pain, breast tenderness, cramps, and mood swings, it's easy to mistake signs of a miscarriage for the normal...

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Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons

Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons

A woman's body definitely changes throughout the cycle of a month, but did you know our bodies change throughout the year as well? A recent study in Nature Communications found that as many as one-fifth of the genes in our blood cells undergo seasonal changes in expression. While these changes can...

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Six Tips for Staying Healthy Down There This Summer

Six Tips for Staying Healthy Down There This Summer

Summer can wreak havoc on our bodies, but in particular, the extra heat and moisture can cause problems with vaginal health if not kept in check. Here are six tips for keeping your vagina healthy this summer -- 1. Wear Cotton Only Cotton is not only hypoallergenic, it allows your skin and vagina...

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Sex

4 Reasons to Use Organic and Natural Personal Lubricants

4 Reasons to Use Organic and Natural Personal Lubricants

I'll admit it. It took a 2 minute hysterical 'verbal assault' from a 70-something, unstable due to recent divorce by by gay husband, yam-waving, Grace on the Netflix original to get it through my head - there's nothing wrong with organic and natural personal lubricants. Or DIY, homemade lube made...

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5 Ways to Prevent Yeast Infections During the Summer

5 Ways to Prevent Yeast Infections During the Summer

Summer brings sunshine, sand, water, sunscreen, and sometimes even scandal. Who doesn't dream of romantic walks on the beach, lingering looks with a mystery stranger while soaking the hot tub, or fighting the waves with your partner/ random bronzed hottie? No matter what the daydream, the chances...

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Sustainability

Cardboard Applicator Tampons Are Becoming Popular Again

This is a good thing. Ten years ago in 2013, a steady decline in the use of cardboard applicator tampons began. Markedly, plastic applicator tampons were introduced and within two years, by 2015, approximately 88% of tampons sold and used were plastic applicator tampons. This popularity among...

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