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Educational and fun podcast episode about vaginal health: Dr. Jen Gunter with Jameela Jamil
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Scottish Parliament unanimously passes a bill to provide menstrual products for free across the country
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Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country
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Using the menstrual cup and open menstrual discussion
I'm a female working in the construction field and was wondering how to dispose of my feminine products discreetly and hygienically in a portable potty with a crew full of males where male...
I'm a female working in the construction field and was wondering how to dispose of my feminine products discreetly and hygienically in a portable potty with a crew full of males where male toxicity exists... 'twas weird.
I've been meaning to make the jump to the menstrual cup (due to my sustainability inclinations), but due to laziness/squeamish reasons, I didn't make the jump until I realized how practical it was with my profession!
I'm able to keep it in for a half day before emptying, so it's awesome for the jobsite! I can urinate with it too! which is also awesome... and! NO SMELL! I feel so much cleaner now. and the internal pressure kinda releases some cramps... not all the cramps, but some! And it's totally comfortable to work out in (for reference: I do outdoor running). Not to mention, there's way less waste and cost! (And for those who find bodily fluids cool, the thick, deep, dark red that you see when you empty makes me feel powerful, like you can conquer anything... in reality, I just sit with my Chimmy plush and wait for my significant other to plop chocolate goodies in my lap.)
The only downside I could find is that it took some time to get used to (about 1 cycle) and I can't hold my pee (I know I'm not suppose to anyway, but it's a nice privilege... these pipes had some major damage).
Anyway, any cycle stories/tips/tricks? embarrassing moments? origin story?
I'll go first, my mom was in a ferocious fight with my older sister for spending the night with some guy or whatever. As my mom was ripping my sister's clothes/throwing her out the house, I got my first period. I had to interrupt the fight to ask what I should do... middle child problems! I guess I found a good way to break up a fight...35 votes -
My friends and I swap nudes as a form of pandemic self-care
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Why you should not put garlic in your vagina, as a treatment for yeast or anything else
@Jennifer Gunter: Why you should not put garlic in your vagina.A thread.Garlic contains allicin, in THE LAB it MAY have antifungal (i.e. anti yeast) properties. This is in a lab, not even in mice. Just a dish of cells. Your vagina is not a dish of cells. #vaginaisanogarliczone 1/8
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New Zealand Abortion law to change in sweeping reform: "Abortion should be treated as a health issue"
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Data bleeding everywhere: A story of period trackers
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The fringe rightwing group changing the UN agenda on abortion rights
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The US movement against female genital mutilation is at a crossroads
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A bill banning most abortions becomes law in Ohio
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How doctors and the church conspired to stop an 11-year-old girl from having an abortion after rape
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Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
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Period-tracking apps are not for women
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Indigenous women kept from seeing their newborn babies until agreeing to sterilization, says lawyer
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The fake abortion clinics of America: Misconception
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Abortion laws: Australian High Court prepares to hear challenge to picketing ban
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Australian states and territories agree to axe 'tampon tax'
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Ireland plans to offer abortions for free, as ban is officially repealed
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The world's most common contraception has a dark past
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The future abortionists of America
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North Ayrshire Council offers free menstrual products
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Right after a period, women have better spatial awareness. Three weeks after, verbal skills peak. It turns out the monthly cycle does change the brain – but not in the ways you think.
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Women doctors 'best for female heart patients'
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Japanese medical school deducted points from exam scores of female applicants
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Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren't doing it.
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What the reality of breastfeeding looks like in the US
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