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August 9, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MAGA’s “Tampon Tim” Attack on Tim Walz Quickly Falls Apart
Republicans’ newest smear of Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, is crumbling in the face of facts.
May 7, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Stormy Daniels Used This Classic Excuse to Get Out of Sex With Trump
The anecdote came out during Daniels’s hush-money trial testimony.
March 16, 2023
Tori Otten
Florida GOP Bill Would Ban Young Students From Talking About Their Periods in School
The measure is part of a larger attack on health education in Florida schools.
February 9, 2023
Tori Otten
Florida Won’t Require High School Athletes to Share Their Menstrual History, but May Force Them to Reveal Their Sex Assigned at Birth
The information could be used to out transgender students.
January 26, 2023
Tori Otten
Florida Panel Recommends Forcing Student Athletes to Give Schools Their Menstrual History
The Florida High School Athletics Association said student athletes should be required to give detailed information about their periods when they register to play.
November 22, 2022
Tori Otten
Transphobes Hijack “Boycott Tampax” Hashtag After Company’s Viral Tweet
A closer look at the trending hashtag shows TERFs attacking trans and nonbinary people for purchasing tampons.
November 10, 2022
Tori Otten
Period-Havers Have the Last Laugh Over the “Red Wave”
As one jokester put it, “More like light spotting.”
November 25, 2013
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Ben Crair
The Period Is Pissed
When did our plainest punctuation mark become so aggressive?
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