Most people with uteruses can vouch for the fact that periods can be insufferable, but the fact that we're often unable to talk about them openly with the people around us only makes them worse. In an ...

In our culture, we women tend to do a lot of concealing about our periods — asking a friend in hushed tones for a tampon, hiding maxi pads in special pockets of our purses, choosing to wear black on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Bodyform/Libresse Libresse/Bodyform is known for its taboo busting adverts, and its ...

If you’ve ever seen a TV advert for sanitary products, you might have noticed that there's a big elephant in the room — menstrual blood. Instead of depicting it, brands tend to opt for smiling people ...

A TV ad by underwear brand Wuka will continue to air despite it racking up 295 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority. The taboo-breaking ad, which demonstrates Wuka's leakproof range of ...

The image is startling — a girl with half her face covered in blood. A double-take reveals it's menstrual blood since the bottom half of the photo shows the girl, who is missing fingers, holding a ...

Female-founded startup Daye claims that Meta is rejecting its period care ads as adult or political. Credit: Vicky Leta / Mashable Meta doesn't have a great track record with ads focused on women's ...

More period-care brands are slowly replacing the blue liquid that has long been ubiquitous in the category’s advertising with more realistic red alternatives, despite pushback from some consumers and ...