Menstruation
Women from Ukraine in Poland. Let’s Think About Creating a Friendly Space for Them
In her book perversely titled ‘The Unwomanly Face of War’ Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich tells the stories of Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian women fighting on the front lines of World War II. Today, more than 75 years later, women are found again on the front lines.
End the Shame
European companies are starting to offer menstruation-friendly solutions. Yet, objections come from various groups, including feminists.
The Panties Revolution. Menstrual underwear can absorb the same amount of fluid as four tampons
When it turns out that it works, that I don’t have to care if the pad has shifted or the tampon is leaking, there is an unexpected feeling of freedom. In the first few months, I couldn’t wait for my next period to wear them again
Classes with pads. ‘When a student giggles, it means they are interested in the subject’
I let the kids fool around a bit. Some of them have tried to stick a pad to a chair to check out how cool it is that the glue doesn’t leave marks. These discoveries were made by boys. Well, and there was giggling. Very good. When a student giggles, it means they are interested in the subject.
They wanted to put a box of free sanitary pads in the school. They heard: Please do not spoil the image of the city
At one dormitory, the boys discovered used sanitary pads in the waste bin in the toilet. And then they taped those bloody sanitary pads to the door of the girls’ room. Interview with Dr Izabela Desperak
