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Amy Adams’s new film Nightbitch features a scene with realistic menstrual blood, one of only a handful of films to do so – Chloe Laws questions why periods still are such a taboo
Dec 09, 2024
We look back at the controversial artworks incorporating period blood, and consider why menstruation remains so transgressive and unsettling
Oct 31, 2024
From eco-feminists and pagans to Mary Magdalene pilgrims, more people are embracing the practice of ‘earth bleeding’. Here is how to do it (and why you would even want to)
Aug 28, 2024
According to TikTok, ‘you’re not ugly, you’re just in your luteal phase’ – but what exactly is it, and does it really have an impact on how you look and feel?
Dec 13, 2023
A guide to menstrual magick and using period blood in your practice by sorceress and spellcaster Isabella Greenwood
Jul 24, 2023
A DIY vampire facial might sound unsavoury to some but ‘menstrual masking’ is becoming an increasingly popular skincare alternative
Oct 25, 2022
Restrictive eating and daily exercise, fuelled by Instagram and TikTok, has become so normalised that an increasing number of people who menstruate are losing their periods
Jun 21, 2022
With the US set to overturn Roe v Wade, many fear that data from period tracking apps like Flo could be used to prosecute those seeking abortions
Jun 07, 2022
People struggling with their periods will be given up to five days off work, every month
May 12, 2022
During your menstrual cycle, pain, hormones, and energy levels fluctuate – here, fitness and wellness network ClassPass breaks down the best workout classes for before, after, and during your period
Dec 08, 2021
Brazilian underwear brand Pantys has designed and developed a boxer short with, and for, trans+ men
Jul 30, 2021
Instagram is taking down educational images of vulvas, but period brand Callaly vows to continue its important mission to normalise the body part in a groundbreaking campaign – with 10 real vulvas cast in plaster
Jun 11, 2021
Sharmadean Reid, Honey Ross, and Lou Teasdale are among the supporters of Sanitation First’s new Code Red campaign working to raise awareness and donations this Menstrual Hygiene Day
May 28, 2021
From small wearable devices designed to help with period cramps to ‘intimate care glow-up’ products, menstrual capitalism is a beast – we question if the marketisation and politicisation of periods helps or hinders
Apr 09, 2021
We’ve come a long way from blue period blood
Dec 01, 2020
