The State of Menstrual Health

We're expected to function like capitalist robots in our culture, but we don't power on and off the same way every single day. Period underwear, tampon taxes, menstrual leave, and more — this episode offers a look at the state of menstrual health in the US, the violent roots of gynecological care, where we've made progress, and where we could definitely see some improvements. '

**Note: In this episode I mention 700K covid deaths — I misspoke! As of this recording, we are closer to 600K deaths in the US.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Private coaching with Kristen
• Dr. Jen Gunter: Exploring potential mechanisms of the COVID-19 vaccine and menstrual irregularities
• Episode 1: Menstrual Cycles & The Moon
• Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites
• The First Birth Control Pill Used Puerto Rican Women as Guinea Pigs
• "Women are more often dismissed as 'emotional, psychogenic, hysterical, oversensitive.'" (PDF)
• Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery
• Employers and menstrual accommodations
• Zomato announces period leave for employees 
• Menstrual cup quiz — find your perfect fit
• Period.org
• Distributing Dignity
• HashtagHappyPeriod
• Code Red
• $10 off your purchase at Thinx

• Good Witch Kitchen
• Instagram

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