Women On Wheels | How Bicycles Contributed To Modern Feminism

Women On Wheels | How Bicycles Contributed To Modern Feminism

WRITTEN BY HOLLY CHISHOLM + PHOTOS BY ADRIEN DE BONTIN Today bicycles are a daily part of life, but it wasn’t always like that. Fearless females had to blaze a trail for women to ride...
Jazmine Duke

Let's Talk FEMCON: The Female Condition

Jazmine’s personal experience with feminine health problems inspired her to start #FemCon: “I’ve suffered from yeast infections for as long as I can remember— quietly, I might add. Not talking about them hasn’t done me...

Akira Armstrong | A Pretty Big Deal

“I started Pretty Big because there was a void in the industry: dance communities for plus-sized professional dancers. I felt like I needed to do something about it because I was always full-figured and plus-sized...

The Ultimate Survival Guide + Travel Checklist

How to Travel Comfortably During Your PeriodHaving your period when traveling ranks up there on the annoying scale with doing your taxes and handling boob sweat (aka, things you don’t want to think about but...
Celebrating 7 Bold, Brave, Badass Women

Celebrating 7 Bold, Brave, Badass Women

We need more than one month tohonor Women’s History Month-a time tocelebratethe progress of women’s rights, but let’s start with talking about some of the women who changed or are changing the way we see...
Ali Wong is Everything: Why Hollywood Needs More Pregnant Protagonists

Ali Wong is Everything: Why Hollywood Needs More Pregnant Protagonists

The depiction of pregnant women in popular media is laughably predictable. The woman generally oscillates between adoringly vulnerable:to hyperbolically Bey-like fierceness.Rare are the portrayals of pregnant women simply doing their thing. Of these women being…...
Everything I Learned About My Period Came From My Slutty Neighbor

Everything I Learned About My Period Came From My Slutty Neighbor

Looking back, my 19 year-old neighbor was actually no “slut” by any means. She was sort of the Kim to my Moesha, the wildly flirtatious co-star to balance out my All-American girl next door naiveté.More...
What Millennial Moms Wished Their Single Friends Knew

What Millennial Moms Wished Their Single Friends Knew

Talking About Periods With Men Helped Us Raise Money & Join Y Combinator’s Fellowship

Talking About Periods With Men Helped Us Raise Money & Join Y Combinator’s Fellowship

I got the idea for a feminine hygiene startup while living in San Francisco in 2014. The problem felt obvious to me: the products on the market today weren’t meeting my needs, or the needs...