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Menstrual cup (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Can menstrual cups cause prolapse?

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Woman handing sanitary pad to other woman in a restroom (Getty Images/Lucy Lambriex)

Period taboos have serious consequences

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Women's tampon with blue on the end (Getty Images/Петр Ткаченко)

Women don't bleed — or squirt — blue

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Sissy Spacek on the set of "Carrie" (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Best and worst first periods on screen

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Jessie Glaser gets her period at camp on "Big Mouth" (Netflix)

How period humor is changing the world

Woman with face mask getting vaccinated (Getty Images)

Odd periods: A new vaccine side effect

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Time off work for cramps

Rachel Kramer Bussel

Katie Levingston

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The poster girl for period sex

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Boxing officials fear periods

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Katie McDonough

Hand Job Academy (<a href='http://www.laurajunekirsch.com/'>Laura June Kirsch</a>)

The rise of period pride

A still from HelloFlo's new ad. (YouTube)

Afraid of women's bodies?

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