The History of Periods
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Is Birth Control Pills a Contraceptive?
There are customs all around the world of showing your vulva to ward off evil spirits. In Eastern Europe, women would go outside and lift their skirts up to scare away bears. There's still taxes on tampons in many places; there are movements here to make sure that people who menstruate in prison have access to supplies. If only we could go back and rewrite history - if only we'd figured it out.
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