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    Image of blood-stained underwear on Laurier campus sparks controversy

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    Image of blood-stained underwear on Laurier campus sparks controversy

    For a campaign promoting menstrual equity and education on Wilfrid Laurierโ€™s Waterloo campus, a series of posters with black-and-white images of period blood-stained underwear have sparked noteworthy controversy and debate online. The posters include a series of messages, such as โ€œainโ€™t no shame in menstruating,โ€ as well as other promotional sayings that are working to…

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  • Padding the path to menstrual equity

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    Padding the path to menstrual equity

    Menstruating individuals spend an average of 2,535 days โ€” nearly seven years โ€” of their life on their period, and Canadians will expend up to $6,000 over the course of that time on menstrual products. The push for menstrual equity, which refers to the provision of equal access to period products and furthering the improvement…

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