Category: Society & News

What is the difference between ‘menstruating people’ and women? Not all women menstruate and not all menstruating people are women. It is as simple as that.

How about free tampons instead of foosball tables in your office? We have 5 tips for you to effectively counteract the period taboo at work.

Whether we have a place to live or not, we keep bleeding. For homeless people, menstruation brings with it a series of new challenges.

Diversity and inclusion are two fundamental parts of corporate culture for many companies. But what about periods at work?

Not sure if alternative menstrual products are the right fit for you? We’ll give you some good reasons for an eco-friendly period.

Innovative measures are needed to make the future of periods in the workplace more inclusive. So what could this look like in the day-to-day of the work?

Each menstruating person uses around 14,000 disposable tampons and pads in their lives. What impact do these products actually have on your budget or the environment?

In search of a way to support the BLM movement, we are presenting six inspiring Black women in the period world. Who else do you know?

The non-profit organisation Social Period is dedicated to the social challenge of period poverty and guides us through the history of period shaming.

Menstruation is still a societal taboo. If every menstruating person bleeds for around 3000 days in their life, why is it not talked about then?

The times when we embarrassingly talk about menstruation are over. Because in 2019 a lot has happened in the fight against the menstrual taboo.

In our interview Maria Carmen shares her journey of doing a PhD in menstrual health research and what her dreams for the future of periods look like.

Menstrual products in Germany are taxed at the simplified tax rate of 7% since the beginning of 2020. Goodybe tampon tax, because periods are not a luxury!

I was a guest on the German podcast about periods ‘Regelzeit’. We talked about Free Bleeding and I shared my best tips for learning it.

Today is International Womxn Fighting Day. Let us celebrate it, but not with flowers and champagne, but with loud demands for more gender equality.

When period blood turns into art, a conscious effort is made to engage with one’s own menstruation. And the invisible is made visible.

Today on May 28 is World Menstruation Day (or ‘Menstrual Hygiene Day’), so let us celebrate periods in style! Are you in?