This week, international media has been abuzz withnews of TSS outbreaksand near-death experiences for young women. As a board certified OBGYN, I’ve been shocked to see how this news has incited critical and judgmental reactions...

The depiction of pregnant women in popular media is laughably predictable. The woman generally oscillates between adoringly vulnerable:to hyperbolically Bey-like fierceness.Rare are the portrayals of pregnant women simply doing their thing. Of these women being…...

Looking back, my 19 year-old neighbor was actually no “slut” by any means. She was sort of the Kim to my Moesha, the wildly flirtatious co-star to balance out my All-American girl next door naiveté.More...

I have never had period sex before. Well, that's not entirely true. I had never had period sex up until I met my current girlfriend. The thing is though, if you read that first statement...

I got the idea for a feminine hygiene startup while living in San Francisco in 2014. The problem felt obvious to me: the products on the market today weren’t meeting my needs, or the needs...

Written byPanpan Wang But First, A Brief Anecdote About (Fake) Murders and Period BloodLast Halloween a friend of mine, Chase, came dressed to the office as Jason. Or Freddy Kreuger. Or one of those types...

“But I thought TSS was from my mom’s generation.” “Didn’t it die out in the 80s?” “The booklets in our tampon boxes feel like a lot of FDA hype.”If it feels like toxic shock syndrome...