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menstrual taboo

Posted inLifestyle

Should women simply put down a towel during their period and have sex?

by Tiffany Kagure Mugo 22 June 201628 June 2016

Full disclosure: My period has been whack in 2016. It’s been a gauge for stress levels, fitness and how much I’m liking what is happening on the news. Basically it’s been a mess. Further full disclosure: During a particularly stressful work time I had my period for three weeks. Let that sink in. Three weeks. […]

Posted inEquality, Lifestyle

Nice to meet you, I’m on my period

by Tiffany Kagure Mugo 31 March 20158 April 2015

There are many things that will make you stop and rethink who you follow on Twitter. Ignorance, bigotry, pictures of food for no particular reason, retweets of cats wearing hats or Vines of horses dancing to Kiswahili Christian music. Another thing is a soiled sanitary pad. One recently popped up on my timeline and my […]

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