Menstruation

Why Aren’t We Talking About Organic Pads?

Why Aren’t We Talking About Organic Pads?

Special Guest Blog Post By: Ann Murphy is a certified holistic health coach with a background and degree based in Integrative Health. Ann Murphy writes as a contributor concerning a wide range of health, beauty, and lifestyle topics. Culture   |    Sustainablility   ...

#FWOTM: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, The Queen of Menstrual Equity

#FWOTM: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, The Queen of Menstrual Equity

While we like to call ourselves Green Feminine Hygiene Queens when it comes to specifically defining our fierce woman mission of providing healthy organic and natural feminine hygiene products, we reign our commonwealth for women's health in the good company of others...

Coming to a School Near You…Teaching Girls About Menstruation

Coming to a School Near You…Teaching Girls About Menstruation

Two years ago our company's Chief Flow Rider/Co-Founder taught a group of green feminine hygiene tweens at Bronx Park Middle School about #healthymenstruation practices via these menstrual care experiments that have been at the core of Maxim Hygiene's product...

#LetGirlsLearn About #HealthyMenstruation!

#LetGirlsLearn About #HealthyMenstruation!

Yesterday First Lady Michelle Obama gave an empowering and convincing speech about the benefits the world has to gain from supporting the education of young girls. The talk was in support of the #LetGirlsLearn initiative she launched with President Obama last year and...

A Solution to Menstrual Shaming in Rwanda and Schools

A Solution to Menstrual Shaming in Rwanda and Schools

Imagine a school bathroom, shared by teenage girls and boys.  Perhaps unisex bathrooms make you uneasy, but even so, you probably envision a line of stalls, each with its own door, and a row of sinks with clean water, soap and paper towels. Now, envision this: instead...

Our Five Favorite Recipes for PCOS

Our Five Favorite Recipes for PCOS

Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is not only the leading cause of infertility in women, but also the culprit behind symptoms such as irregular periods, severe abdominal pain, rapid weight gain, depression, anxiety, excessive hair growth, increased testosterone...

NYC: The Next Stop on the #TamponTax Elimination Express

NYC: The Next Stop on the #TamponTax Elimination Express

From Obama to Vogue journalists, people are speaking out against the #tampontax and citing the need to increase access for women in need. Just last week, NYC's Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland announced a pilot program that will equip 25 high schools in...

If Malala Was a Green Feminine Hygiene Queen…

If Malala Was a Green Feminine Hygiene Queen…

Instead of using the opportunity of having a female presidential candidate to shine light on certain women's issues that are rarely discussed, like the movement to end the 'Tampon Tax,' or to make glyphosate a well-recognized carcinogen, it seems like we're spending a...