#Period legislation trending. #CALeg requires a public school (grades 3 to 12) to stock the school’s restrooms with an adequate supply of free #menstrual products, in all women’s and all-gender restrooms and in at least one men’s restroom, at all times.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1519949

The #TamponTax was abolished in 2021, meaning #menstrual products such as #tampons and pads now have a zero rate of VAT. However, #PeriodUnderwear - a reusable alternative - are still taxed at 20%. This contributes to the continuing problem of #period poverty in the UK by making sustainable and cost-effective menstrual products less affordable.

For Brits / #UK residents, sign here to petition to have this addressed https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/635692

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#Menstrual fluid contains a kind of stem cells! The relative abundance and "plasticity" of these, compared to previously known sources of stem cells, could make a radical change to medicine.

#StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine

(-> Youtube, CW menstrual products, medical procedures, cells on slides)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVVkvPJLzqg

I was offered #CBD by a doctor. I said it interfered with my #oestrogen and as a result gives me #menstrual #migraines (which it does).

I was too sick to even ask, think, or talk about alternatives. Other #cannabinoid fractions, etc. (Every severely ill person needs an advocate, but that’s another story.)

If I get another chance I’m going to ask for #weed itself and become Snoop Dogg.

#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness
@chronicpain@a.gup.pe
@chronicpain@chirp.social
@chronicillness

I was offered #CBD by a doctor. I said it interfered with my #oestrogen and as a result gives me #menstrual #migraines (which it does).

I was too sick to even ask, think, or talk about alternatives. Other fractions, etc. If I get another chance I’m going to ask for #weed itself and become Snoop Dogg.

#ChronicPain
@chronicpain@a.gup.pe
@chronicpain@chirp.social

This menstrual cup print is my second attempt at block printing. So I thought I'd share for #PhotoMonday

I discovered menstrual cups when trying to find a way to manager my Adenomyosis. I thought I'd share as it's Adenomyosis Awareness Month and a lot of people that struggle with heavy, debilitating periods think that cups aren't for them. That was me, I was wrong.

#blockprint #adenomyosis #menstrual #cup #Printmaking #MastoArt #artist #carving

I'm sorry. I have two, related health question that aren't typically asked publicly, from what I can find.

1. What are "severe" #menstrual #cramps?

2. Can menstrual camps be differentiated from intestinal cramps?

RT @VikiLovesFACS
#Menstrual changes in those who received a #CovidVaccine (3,635), caught #COVID (1,802), both (1,354) or neither (5,788)...

🦠 Infected more likely to report shorter cycles, missed periods, heavier periods, spotting

💉Vaccinated only: no difference

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https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(23)00478-9.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004223004789%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

RT @VikiLovesFACS
#Menstrual changes in those who received a #CovidVaccine (3,635), caught #COVID (1,802), both (1,354) or neither (5,788)...

🦠 Infected more likely to report shorter cycles, missed periods, heavier periods, spotting

💉Vaccinated only: no difference

1/

https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(23)00478-9.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004223004789%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

#Idaho decides that it won't provide free #menstrual products to students because it's an embarrassing topic, and it interferes with #ParentalRights, and they can just borrow them from friends, and it constitutes a horrifying slippery slope of #wokeness. :ablobfoxdundundunowo:

https://www.wonkette.com/idaho-republicans-take-brave-stand-against-woke-tampons-in-schools

BRAGA| Lo más destacado de la semana en @Elmo_Braga@twitter.com: preocupantes cifras sobre gestión #menstrual, postulan a destacadas mujeres para billete conmemorativo y más
https://t.co/ShEr8r32Td

JFC. #Idaho legislators have completely lost their minds and all shreds of their humanity. I suppose it's up to people in each community to donate funds to pay for #menstrual pads and #tampons so kids can keep their clothes clean at school. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/idaho-republicans-woke-liberal-tampons-menstrual-products-schoolsbill_n_641cd6efe4b0a3902d3602b6

"It’s embarrassing not only because of the topic but because of the actual policy itself." This representative thinks the topic of #periods is embarrassing. One more (glaring) example of why schools should provide free #menstrual products. https://www.thedailybeast.com/idaho-republicans-deny-girls-free-tampons-in-school?ref=home

Having severe fuckin period cramps rn and for some reason I wanna draw my character being teased for having her period and/or having a character fawn over it

Is it weird? Yea. Does it help me cope with these shitty cramps? Also yea. :squints:

Might draw some doodles or smth soon lol
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#Period #Menstrual #Menophilia #GreenRambles

@nedhamson There’s been discussion in some school systems of whether sanitary products should be provided to students at no cost. Apparently in #Florida it may become Illegal to ask another student if they have one if you don’t happen to. I wonder if school nurses will be prohibited from providing them, or students punished for asking. Will machines that sell them be removed? Nuts. #periods #menstrual

🤦‍♀️ 🙄 #unsafe #RamblingsAlcea

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"The message is simple: You should stop using them. As warned by Professor Gina Neff, you should "delete every digital trace of any #menstrual tracking." https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/period-tracking-apps-are-no-longer-safe-delete-them/

I went for an MRI today so see if I have endometriosis, as I have already been diagnosed with adenomyosis last year.

I wore this t-shirt to help with my nerves. When the nurse was helping me up afterwards, she said 'What does that say, angry uterus? I need one of those, as I always have an angry uterus.'

Made my day that she could just relate to it. This is why we should talk more.

#periods #menstrual #uterus #angryuterus #endometriosis #adenomyosis #mri #illustration #affinitydesigner

Last Thursday the Spanish parliament approved legislation expanding #abortion and #transgender rights for teenagers, but it also became the first country in Europe to entitle workers to paid #menstrual leave.

#Spain

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-politics-spain-government-europe-e78fb56160f4bc9f40dc231602059b96

Painful #periods? #Spain just passed #Europe’s first paid ‘#menstrual leave’

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/02/16/spain-set-to-become-the-first-european-country-to-introduce-a-3-day-menstrual-leave-for-wo

Gov. #Youngkin wants to open the flow of information — about periods

#Virginia is dabbling in women's private parts (again). The administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin quashed a bill that would keep #menstrual cycle data private. #privacy #hipaa

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/16/virginia-youngkin-menstrual-cycle-data-apps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage