
A period by any other name...
With so many "code names" it's amazing anyone ever knows what we're talking about! Here are just 10 – though there are over five THOUSAND – words and phrases commonly used instead of menstruation or period. 1. Aunt Flow 2. On the rag 3. Shark Week 4. Surfing the crimson wave 5. Red wedding 6. That time of the month 7. Crimson tide 8. Carrie 9. Girl flu 10. Riding the cotton pony What are some other phrases for menstruation you've heard? #QOTD

CALL TO ACTION: Hurricane Harvey Relief
We've seen the photos. We've watched the videos. We've heard the news. The catastrophe that is Harvey is tearing through streets and communities in Texas. As a result, hundreds of women and adolescent girls have been displaced, some of them losing everything. With the amount of trauma and distress experiences like this can cause, the last thing any woman or girl should have to be worried about is accessing feminine supplies. Our mission is to provide menstrual education

How to track your period
On average you will get your period anywhere between 21 and 35 days if you're a woman and between 21 and 45 days if you are an adolescent. One of the most empowering things you can do for your self-care as a woman is to know when your period will come. Why? Because, if unprepared, menstruation can be an interruption to your daily life, or cause major embarrassment – have you ever bled through your clothes in public? Your menstrual cycle is as natural a process as digestion

Why aren't men concerned about periods?
For far too long talk about periods has been taboo. A process that is as natural and essential to a woman as breathing is looked at as nasty, disgusting and gross. Why is that? In my humble opinion, it's because periods are a woman "problem." If men had periods, could you imagine how accepted they'd be? Each man trying to outdo the next with his manly PMS symptoms.... But periods aren't a man thing, they're a she thing. I get it. Periods are a bodily function that men w

DIY reusable menstrual pads
Disposable pads contain adhesives, fragrances and synthetic fibers that can be very irritating to the sensitive skin it touches. You won't find any of these "ingredients" in a cloth pad. This quick and easy tutorial gives you all the details you need to make your own reusable pads at home. #ReusableSupplies #Videos