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Tampon Wars: The Battle to Overthrow the Tampax Empire

For decades, one company has ruled the world of tampons. But a new wave of brands has emerged, selling themselves as more ethical, more feminist and more ecological.

Sophie Elmhirst The Guardian Feb 2020 25min Permalink

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Would You Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Stop Talking?

How is it that literature has produced a wealth of information about the sex lives of straight white men and yet so little about the abortions they have or have not paid for?

Wyatt Williams The Believer Jan 2020 15min Permalink

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The Embryo in the Hallway

Being pregnant again means being willing to end it.

Jen Gann The Cut Mar 2019 15min Permalink

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Everything You Think You Know About Toxic Shock Syndrome Is Probably Wrong

An investigation into the bad medical advice women are given about their bodies.

Nona Willis Aronowitz Lifehacker Jan 2019 20min Permalink

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“Whatever’s Your Darkest Question, You Can Ask Me.”

A secret network of women is working outside the law and the medical establishment to provide safe, cheap home abortions.

Lizzie Presser California Sunday Mar 2018 30min Permalink

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What I Gained From Having a Miscarriage

Digging into the misconceptions and silences surrounding pregnancy loss, which is more common than people believe.

Angela Garbes The Stranger Apr 2016 20min Permalink

Health

Worth the Risk?

Morcellation was supposed to make gynecological surgeries easier on women. Instead, is it killing them.

Alison Motluk Maisonneuve Nov 2015 30min Permalink

My Year As an Abortion Doula

At the bedside when a pregnancy ends.

Alex Ronan New York Sep 2014 15min Permalink

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The Sanitary Pad Revolutionary

How a man of little education and little means invented a simple machine that changed the lives of women in rural India.

Vibeke Venema BBC Mar 2014 10min Permalink