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How to Save Money on Period Products

How to Save Money on Period Products

There you have it! Our top six tips for saving money on period products. It’s not always simple to make cuts, but cost-effective switches can help you to save cash...

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How to Save Money on Period Products

There you have it! Our top six tips for saving money on period products. It’s...

Menstrual Cup Sterilizer & Sterilizing: Your Options

Menstrual Cup Sterilizer & Sterilizing: Your Options

The best, safest and most efficient means of sterilizing your menstrual cup is to boil it in water for 3-5 minutes. Learn how to do it in a pot on...

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Menstrual Cup Sterilizer & Sterilizing: Your Options

The best, safest and most efficient means of sterilizing your menstrual cup is to boil...

Period euphemisms and the antidote to them - undressing the period

Menstruation Is Hiding Behind Period Euphemisms

Do you hide your monthly period behind a euphemism; a word that indirectly expresses what you are referring to so that you can avoid saying menstruation or period directly?

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Menstruation Is Hiding Behind Period Euphemisms

Do you hide your monthly period behind a euphemism; a word that indirectly expresses what you...

The Wacky World of Cultural Attitudes to Menstruation Part 2

The Wacky World of Cultural Attitudes to Menstruation Part 2

Why blue and not red? This article by Mara Budgen digs into how menstruation is - and traditionally has been - depicted in advertising.

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The Wacky World of Cultural Attitudes to Menstruation Part 2

Why blue and not red? This article by Mara Budgen digs into how menstruation is...

How expensive is menstruation?

Product vs Period Cost: How Expensive Is Menstruation?

Menstruation is expensive. Tampons, period pads, painkillers, ruined underwear. All of these things add up. So, what’s the total price on your wallet and on the planet?

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Product vs Period Cost: How Expensive Is Menstruation?

Menstruation is expensive. Tampons, period pads, painkillers, ruined underwear. All of these things add up....

Can Plastic Free Periods Help Us Pay Back Climate Debt?

Can Plastic Free Periods Help Us Pay Back Climate Debt?

With our Ruby Cup, we’ve created plastic free periods since 2011. On this Earth Overshoot Day we take a look into how much plastic you save with a menstrual cup,...

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Can Plastic Free Periods Help Us Pay Back Climate Debt?

With our Ruby Cup, we’ve created plastic free periods since 2011. On this Earth Overshoot...