periods

LGBT women's health

mental health

health

9 LGBTQ People Speak Out About Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder

The following are stories from LGBTQ people living with PMDD — how it manifests for us, what helps and what doesn’t help, and any challenges or opportunities we have found…

Creatrix Tiara —

Jan 31, 2018

Monday Roundtable

periods

first person

Monday Roundtable: You and Your Period, Bloody Hell

You shed your uterine lining every few weeks! Or maybe you suppress that shedding and call it day! Either way, we want to talk about how that’s going.

the team —

Oct 9, 2017

comics/graphic novels

Drawn to Comics

geekery

Drawn to Comics: “Go With The Flow,” the Perfect Comic For Every Kid Getting Their First Period

“We really wanted to make talking about periods an enjoyable experience. Fun characters in realistic situations with cute illustrations seems like the perfect way to show some likable role models…

Mey —

Mar 28, 2017

bicycles

fullscreen

health

There Will Be Blood, the Bike Ride: Cyclists for Menstrual Cycles

How the Sustainable Cycles bike collective is making menstruation products accessible and fighting stigma.

Liza Mcdonald —

Nov 14, 2016

Follow Your Arrow

periods

money + work

Follow Your Arrow: #periodpositive Creator Chella Quint on Challenging Taboos With Joy

“I’m psyched that I invented a thing, and I don’t wish to make money from it. I just want to try to retain a little influence over it with the…

Beth —

Oct 6, 2016

periods

health

For You: A Menstruation Cry Calendar

Ah, that beautiful transition in your monthly cycle where increasingly the things you cry at shift from understandable to irrational.

Erin —

May 31, 2016

a-camp

a-camp spring 2016

camp

Campership Alert: Lunapads Is Sending Someone to A-Camp and It Could Be You!

Lunapads has donated a Campership for A-Camp 2016 happening May 29th to June 3rd! If you didn’t think you were going to Camp this year, you could be wrong.

Rachel —

Apr 6, 2016

Autostraddle Reader Data

gay statistics

sex

Is Period Sex The Ultimate Lesbian Sexual Indicator?

People who want to have period sex have more and varied sex more often and report higher sexual satisfaction than anyone else, a survey finds.

Ryan Yates —

Feb 8, 2016

alsoalsoalso

link roundup

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Weed for Cramps, Urban Trees and Other Stories to Start Your Weekend

Texts from Titanosaur, mushroom death suits, fashionable femmes of color, spruce up your Resting Bitch Face, I’m shipping these Barbies, Ellen Page, ya cramps, trans athletes in the Olympics and…

Laneia —

Jan 29, 2016

advice

lesbian health

sex

Bedroom Bloodsport: Navigating Unexpected Blood in Sexy Situations

Dating is a bloodsport unto itself, but for me it’s gotten too real — two too many times. Here’s some advice from my bleeding heart to yours on how to…

Coco Layne —

Dec 9, 2014

apps

iphone

geekery

5 Apps to Track and Predict Your Period (and More!)

Apps to predict when Flo visits, the painters paint the house red, when it suddenly turns to chocolate season, etc. LET’S TALK ABOUT PERIODS, Y’ALL!

Kaitlyn —

Nov 22, 2014

Lists/Top 10s

periods

comedy

10 Actual Stock Image Results for “Menstruation”

Sometimes Shutterstock is a helpful provider of generalized stock imagery, but mostly it’s an endless fount of smiling white women, confusion and horror.

Rachel —

Sep 9, 2014