Coming out as a pad girl

Author: Elisabeth Dewey Right now it’s cool to be many things…vegan, eco-warrior, even being a menstrual cup user carries a certain cachet….but what about being a pad girl? Ever thought about that..? The surge in popularity of menstrual cups and period panties has, occured as the conversation about periods is finally opening up. That is really great, for many reasons. However, there is an unspoken truth, particularly in Anglo-Saxon or northern European cultures, that some of us are pad girls... that means exclusively 'pad girls'! For whatever reason (the ‘why’ should not matter) neither tampons nor menstrual cups are their...