Pads
- NewsErica Rae Chong
Mom and daughter share hilarious text exchange while trying to find tampons
If you’ve ever picked up tampons from a store, you’d know to head straight to the back where they’ll most likely be sitting on a discreet shelf. But for a 13-year-old, navigating the aisles of a drugstore alone can be pretty intimidating. In a Facebook post that has since gone viral, Belinda Hankins documents an epic text exchange with her 13-year-old daughter – all about the hunt for feminine hygiene products, while simultaneously smashing the patriarchy. Click through the gallery above to see
- NewsHayley Spencer
Free Tampons Are Now Available To Teens In NYC - But What About The Rest Of The World?
Teens in New York are set to have an easier, and cheaper, time during their period, as the state is trialling a scheme at 21 public schools where female students can pick up pads and tampons free of charge. New York Daily News reports that the city’s Education Department expects the program will reach 11,600 students. While currently, many schools in the US provide menstrual hygiene products via a school nurse, this is the first time that the products can be accessed for free via a bathroom di
- NewsSimone Olivero
Is this Australian period commercial offensive to women?
The video follows an Australian women – clearly not using the new Sofy BeFresh pads – on the day that she finds out she has her period. At that moment the thin actress suddenly becomes plus-sized and sloppy, laying around the house, complaining on the phone to friends, fighting with her cat and ordering pizza.
