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Rag Week
Rag Week
The Short Film Tackling Periods At School
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Eni Subair
This week Refinery29 UK is telling fascinating, funny and educational stories about women’s experiences of menstruating around the globe.
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"I Felt My Body Was Wrong": The Women Who Don't Have Periods...
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Bex Day
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Talking About Periods When You’re Trans Or Nonbinary
"There are a lot of good conversations about trans issues happening at the moment, but I think a lot of people don’t really think or talk about trans
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Amelia Abraham
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My Parents Banished Me To A Hut Every Time I Got My Period
When Bhagirathi Bajagain, 20, started her period six years ago, her family imposed the traditional Nepali practice of 'Chhaupadi' – forcing her to sleep
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Men Tell Us How Much They Think Women Bleed On Their Periods
Pretty much none of us is educated enough about periods. Did you know, for instance, that period pain is way worse in the colder months? Nope, us neither.
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Your Period Can Actually Change The Way You Experience Illness
Anyone who has periods can tell you about the day-to-day impact on moods, energy levels, sex drive and food cravings. But research increasingly suggests
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Franki Cookney
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"I Felt Suicidal": Living With Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Jasmine, 23, is originally from Hull but now lives in London. She started suffering with what she now knows is premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
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Victoria Spratt
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4 Women Show Us How Their Skin Changes Throughout Their Menstrual...
Did you know that between one- and two-thirds of female acne sufferers will have a flare-up around the time of their period? According to London-based
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Jacqueline Kilikita
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Why We're Going To Be Talking About Periods All Week
Great news: Our week all about periods – the gloriously named Rag Week – is back for the third year running, in conjunction with Bodyform. Over the
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The Most Ridiculous Myths About Periods
If you're thinking about getting your period, you may want to think again. There's a possibility that you'll kill people with your stare, or heal people
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Rose Lander
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5 Women Who Changed The Way You Have Your Period
It's Rag Week and we're taking on possibly the world's strangest taboo – the tradition of not talking about periods, a near-universal female experience.
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6 Photographers On What Their Period Means To Them
For this Rag Week special of the R29 Photo Album, we commissioned six female photographers to create a new image about what menstruation means to them.
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The Most Public Period I’ve Ever Had
We've all been there. Happily going about our business when we suddenly feel it. A leak. Ask any woman and they'll have a story about when their period
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The Best & Worst Menstruation Scenes In Film & TV
Menstruation may affect up to half of the world's population, but that doesn't mean it's always portrayed sympathetically – or even accurately – in
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