Experiencing periods can be highly compromising to health and well-being, a recent review of the literature has found. The University of Exeter Medical School and Johns Hopkins University collated experiences from over 6,000 women and girls from low- and middle-income countries, identifying that stigma and period poverty hamper areas of life as diverse as education, […]
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‘No meaningful communication’ on sanitary products student idea
Students have sent an open letter to the Students’ Guild which states that there has been ‘no meaningful communication’ on a student idea calling for free sanitary products to be available on campus, despite the idea having been passed in December. The letter asks the Guild to contact the person who originally submitted the idea […]
Album Review: Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
This album is about vampires, as ‘The Great Undressing’ glibly admits. Blood Bitch, however, is really an “investigation of blood” and the myths surrounding it; why is it easier to speak of vampires than it is of menstruation? What makes one type of blood-myth less taboo than another? The vampiric conceit speaks to fantasy, but […]
Students #ProvideAPad to homeless shelters in Exeter
Exeter students have launched a campaign to support homeless women across the city – by collecting much-needed sanitary products in the Forum. Inspired by last year’s successful nationwide campaign against the UK “tampon tax”, ‘Provide a Pad’ was established back in April by Sherv Cheung, Postgraduate Taught Officer and launched on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at the […]