By popular request, we’re going to break down some of the rising questions about the safety of period products.
TL: DR Titanium Dioxide? Nope, not here.
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#GoWiththeFlow – Automated Monthly Period Product Subscription Service
Here's an all too common scenario that a free flowing gal on her period can relate to - you run into your house after a day at work or school where your period cramps were so bad that they made you want to huddle under your desk... You know it's a matter of minutes...
5 Signs You Might Need a Vaginal Steam
The uterus is a perfectly self-cleansing organ. Once a month it cleans itself out by shedding its lining and all of its contents. This is known as a period. But just like any organ of the body, sometimes it doesn’t always do its job the way it’s supposed to and that's...
Exercising Your Feminine Voice in 2016
For our annual #FierceWomanoftheYear crowning ceremonies last year, we took a page out of Diane Von Furstenberg’s book and life experience to encourage you to think about “Who is the woman I want to be in 2015?” So, what did you come up with? We want to know! Our...
Death and Taxes May Be Certain… But Why a Tax on Tampons?
If Benjamin Franklin were still around today, we think he'd be proud to take a stand for the #TamponsForAll campaign being spearheaded by Cosmopolitan magazine and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, a fierce advocate on gender issues. The #notaxontampons aspect of the initiative...
What is Glyphosate and Why You Won’t Find Them in Maxim Organic Tampons?
A new study coming out of Argentina recently made headlines after revealing supporting evidence for this shocking stat that confirms all we’ve been preaching about for the past eight years – 85% of cotton-based feminine hygiene products contain glyphosate, a synthetic...
#FWOTM: Amy and Sophie Silverman, Paving the Way for Periods With Style and Positivity
We first heard part of Sophie and Amy Silverman's narratives in a quirky and superbly featured installment of NPR and PRI's most darling podcast: This American Life. On episode 564, entitled Too Soon, Ira Glass, the host and producer of the show, discusses with Amy,...
Why does my vagina smell?
Femininity. It is an endless journey and today, we're taking you on a small biochemical tour of vaginas to help answer - What's with the smell? From when we gain an awareness of ourselves as girls to the reflective moments we have as cute or cranky old ladies, we...
How to Talk About Periods with Young Girls
When I was a young girl the information I got on how my body worked was pretty limited. We got the basics in biology and it was mainly focused on letting you know that you got a period every month and that one day you would have a baby. Nothing was said on how the...
The Honor in Horror- A Period’s Place of Power
The four to eight days women spend sorting through various premenstrual symptoms of physical woe is not often thought of fondly. Gruesome bouts of bleeding, emitting dark odors, touches of wrath, ceaseless stabbing pain- these are all elements of what many women...
#FWOTM: Kiran Gandhi, London Marathon Period Pride Runner
Earlier this year, we asked the question "Are Periods Still Taboo?" to find out if after seven years of sharing Maxim's product benefits via what some have called bold and in-your-face marketing tactics, have made a difference in how the general public perceives...