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Students Against Period Poverty
- Dec 13, 2021
Fighting Period Stigma
Many menstruators have heard the phrase “that time of the month,” “crimson tide,” “code red,” or “on the rag” before. Although these...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Dec 12, 2021
PMS as Legal Defense in the 1980s
Ah, the dreaded PMS. A time of bloating and headaches, cramps and breakouts. Seems like fun, right? Not quite. In fact, it can be so...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Dec 11, 2021
How Can You Tackle Period Poverty?
So, you wanna know how you can help to tackle period poverty? Here are some ideas that can help you start with combating period poverty...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Dec 9, 2021
Pink Tax and Tampon Tax: The Real Cost of Gender Bias
With the ongoing taboo that female consumers enjoy shopping and spending more money than men, it’s no surprise that women are targeted...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Dec 8, 2021
The Period Activist Spotlight: Rupi Kaur
you want to keep the blood and milk hidden as if the womb and the breast never fed you -rupi kaur (4) These powerful words are only a...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Dec 8, 2021
I Am Not Poisonous: Menotoxins and the Impurity of Menstruation
What do you think of when you hear the word poison? Arsenic? The Black Widow? Radium? The Death Stalker, perhaps? Well, I am here to...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Oct 16, 2021
Covid-19 On Period Poverty
Every person across the globe has been affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic in some way. From canceling plans, working at home,...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Oct 15, 2021
Not a Fan of Pads or Tampons? Try a Menstrual Cup!
We all know what tampons and pads are (at least, I hope), but what are these menstrual cups you keep hearing about? Are they safe? What...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Oct 11, 2021
Japan and Period Poverty, Why Does it Matter?
Let’s start talking about period poverty in other countries that we wouldn’t even think about. Japan has started discussing the issue of...
Students Against Period Poverty
- May 31, 2021
2021 Menstrual Health Awareness Day
Welcome to SAPP’s 2021 Menstrual Health Day blog post! Wow, it’s been an entire year since we got up and started running! In the span of...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Mar 28, 2021
SAPP's Fourth Blog Post!
Welcome to SAPP’s fourth blog post! There are some thing which we can control, and some things which we cannot. When you were in your...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Feb 19, 2021
SAPP's Third Blog Post!!
Welcome to SAPP’s third blog post! We have some great news regarding period poverty: Scotland is the first nation to make sanitary...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Jan 16, 2021
SAPP's Second Blog Post!
Welcome to SAPP’s second blog post! Let’s start off by talking more about period poverty . Period poverty is inadequate access to...
Students Against Period Poverty
- Dec 27, 2020
Introduction: 12/27/2020
by Christina Yang Welcome to SAPP’s first blog post! Students Against Period Poverty, or SAPP for short, is a student led 501(c)(3)...