Project Green Period

09/16/2019

Women Help Women has released an app! It's the first app of its kind to feature information about abortion alongside information about birth control, s*xuality, STIs, miscarriage, and also have functions like setting appointments and tracking bleeding, s*x, physical symptoms, and contraception. It also has abortion stories from the amazing folks at We Testify. You can find it on the Apple app store and Google play store for free.

Announcing Euki, A New Sexual & Reproductive Health App!

08/02/2019

So inspiring! Are you participating in this campaign?

It’s not just about tampons.

07/23/2019

Check out this crowdfunding campaign on the latest and greatest menstrual cycle charting app! I just pitched in, and am looking forward to seeing the app! It looks promising, and seems to address many of the issues that have come up in earlier generations of cycle tracking apps:

Your data in your hands. The first sympto-thermal charting app made by FAM users, for FAM users. | Check out 'Read Your Body: Menstrual Cycle Charting App' on Indiegogo.

07/15/2019

Recent article from Vice gives us the latest rundown!

Tampons and pads all contain plastic, and generate more than 200,000 tonnes of waste per year. Here's what you can do about it.

06/29/2019

At the menstrual equity session at the 2019 Women's Summit!

06/24/2019

"Border patrol agents are taking medicine away from children. The Trump administration kept a database to track the menstrual cycle of young girls. More than a dozen infants were locked up in unsanitary conditions. Half a dozen children have died in federal custody."

If the US government is saying that they can prevent someone from getting an abortion, that they don't have to provide medicine or education - what are the chances of them providing menstrual hygiene products? This is atrocious.

Trump administration lawyers recently argued in federal court that jailed children don't need soap, blankets, or toothbrushes to provide "safe conditions."

06/10/2019

Go, Sarah!

A town proposal, passed in May, started with a high school student. She called for an end to "shaming menstruation."

06/04/2019

Menstruation Survey!

From Sian Peters, of Howl & Blossom: The Wild Woman’s Homecoming:"

I’m 31 years old and I am only just getting to grips with my hormone and menstrual cycle. I started my periods when I was 13yo - that means I’ve had approximately 235 cycles so far in my life. That’s 235 opportunities to better understand my body and my health. But I’ve been taking hormonal contraception for the most part of that. That’s approximately 17 years of putting synthetic hormones in my body every day. Seventeen. Years. Crikey.

As I move away from synthetic hormones I’m starting to learn more about my cycle and harnessing the power of the natural highs and lows, ebbing and flowing, that comes along with it.
And to be honest, I wish I understood all of this sooner.
So, in an attempt to learn even more about our cycles, and our experiences of menstruation, I’ve got a few questions!
I’m asking these questions because I want to understand what we already know, what we still don’t understand, and what we really wish we knew sooner! Because I’m working on a resource that just might help kids understand what’s happening to their body when it starts to look like a murder scene in their pants. And a resource that will help women better understand their cycle and work with it."

https://sianpeters.typeform.com/to/NLUjPM

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05/09/2019

"Why is it that the everyday work of reducing our plastic use and keeping our oceans and rivers plastic-free seems to fall into women’s domain?

Why is zero waste so feminized?"

The zero-waste movement is about cutting down on packaging, but is it creating more pressure on women?