Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that can affect anyone, regardless of age or gender. While the exact cause of TSS is not fully understood, it is often associated with the use of certain menstrual hygiene products, such...
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New Year, New Image
The New Year brings a lot of changes, some of them welcome and some of them cringe-worthy and unwarranted. For many of us, especially the voluptuous and curvy ones, New Year’s resolutions often include some type of weight loss goal. For some of us, weight gain and...
Giving this Holiday Season for Social Good
For many of us, the holiday season is fraught with the stress of finding the perfect gift for the people we love. Another stress – pretending to love the presents you get. Other stresses? Avoiding atrocious gifts and ensuring you don’t put any of these creepy...
Fierce Woman of the Month: Samantha Kelly, The Funky Goddess Creator
There are a few parent-child talks that are rites of passage, but the idea of initiating and having one of these talks generally gets both adults and kids cringing. A girl’s first period is one of those subjects that require a sit down talk. A parent’s reaction and...
Our New Travel Pack: A 3-in-1 Item For All of Our Cosmetic Needs!
It’s almost certain that when we ladies are traveling, that we’ll end up leaving something behind. Last weekend it was my tweezers – I had to go to my Alumni holiday event with an angry Kahlo-esque unibrow. Last month? My nail polish remover and cotton pads. I cannot...
Chinese Traditional Medicine: A PMS Fighting Ninja
The mysteries around Ancient Chinese Traditional Medicine are vast and alluring, even when it comes to periods! The Ancient Chinese believed that PMS was caused by an imbalance in the Qi of the reproductive system. In fact, many Asian cultures use Traditonal Chinese...
6½ Reasons to be Thankful for Our Periods
In the spirit of Thanksgiving and being grateful for our blessings, luck, and fate, we thought it would be a great idea to ask girls and women why they were thankful for their periods. You may be arching an eyebrow, thinking “Yeah right!” Or you may be leaning in a...
Fierce Woman of the Month: Dominique Vidale, Building Hope in the Congo
Social media has been lauded for its ability to encourage activism, but how much are we really changing the world with Facebook “Shares” and Twitter “Re-tweets”? Sure, we’re spreading the word, raising awareness and sometimes, money, but the fact remains: we still...
Don’t Let the Yeast Be a Beast!
We’ve all been there – literally, ¾ women have become itchy and miserable, all due to a yeast infection. But why do yeast infections occur? And how do you get rid of them? This post is going to be the girl’s guide to dealing with the yeast beast and being as...
DIY, Inspired & Original Halloween Costume Ideas
One of my favorite articles this month has been Buzzfeed’s “27 Halloween Costumes That Your Childhood Self Would be Proud Of.” My favorite was Krum, from “Aaahh…Real Monsters.” While the idea of dressing up gets kids, teens and early twenty-somethings squealing in...
5 Fun Activities, Groups & Resources for Moms
School has been in session for over a month now. For most Moms, that’s either a huge relief freeing up some extra time while the kids are away or for others maybe a nightmare of places they have to be in driving one kid and then the other to one activity and another....