The Heavy Flow Podcast21 Kesä 2018

Episode 36 - The Politics of Periods with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Today I'm talking to Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, menstrual activist, author of Periods Gone Public and a contributor to Periods: Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth, about the politics of periods.

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What we discussed:

The New Year's Day moment that ignited Jennifer's passion for menstrual activism
"The Year of the Period"
The policy agenda shaping the fight to remove taxes on menstrual products and ensure access across the US, state-by-state
Period: Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth, a new collection of essays and the first YA book to take on menstruation as a social-political-cultural issue

Connect with Jennifer:

Website Instagram Twitter Periods Gone Public Periods: Twelve Voices Tell The Bloody Truth

Resources mentioned in this episode:

HFP Episode 15 with Kiran Gandhi Rupi Kaur 'period' The Case for Free Tampons Out in the Open - Periods #NoTaxOnTampons

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