Earlier this month, legislators in Maine voted on a bill amendment that would guarantee incarcerated people access to menstrual products. It’s a good idea: While a federal law ensures that federal prisons offer free pads and tampons, that’s not the case at state and local facilities, where supplies are often limited and women are forced…
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A new policy brought forward by the Virginia Department of Corrections, which says women cannot wear tampons if they are visiting an inmate, is raising eyebrows of many who believe it to be a violation of privacy and health rights. Beginning next month, any woman visiting an inmate at one of the state’s prisons will…
Read moreHonestly, I’d forgotten about the existence of scented tampons until the other day, when I forgot to bring tampons to work, and a coworker generously gave me one of hers. And it was one of them. While I appreciated the favor, I was reminded that I truly don’t understand why or how these things still…
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PHOTO: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI It’s been a week since Hurricane Harvey first made landfall, and now tens of thousands of Texans are trying to cope with the colossal damage caused by the storm. Harvey—possibly the worst disaster Texas has ever seen—has left at least 46 people dead, forced around 42,000 into emergency shelters, and left over…
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