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Examining representations and experiences of 'period poverty' in the UK

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Survey call for participants

10/12/201910/12/2019 by Sara

I’m looking to survey people (12-51) in the UK who haven’t been able to regularly buy or get hold of products for their period. Responses will be confidential, anonymous and take roughly 30 mins to fill in. You can do the survey online or you can request hard copies of the survey with freepost envelopes…

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Tagged get involved, menstruation, research participants, volunteer

The Cultural Politics of ‘Period Hacking’

25/07/201919/08/2019 by Sara

What might some of the cultural politics be of period hacking? This post is based on a talk for The Blobcast Podcast at the Life Rewired Festival.

Posted in Events, News
Tagged life rewired festival, menstruation, period hacking, period poverty, periods, the barbican, the blobcast podcast, wearable technologies

Mapping ‘period poverty’ activism, campaigning and activity

08/01/201917/03/2019 by Sara Leave a comment

On the 8th January 2019, #FreePeriod and The Red Box Project launched a legal campaign for free menstrual products to be available for students. In this post, I discuss mapping 'period poverty' activity.

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Tagged amika george, feminism activism, freeperiods, Let's talk. Period, period poverty, period poverty activism, Tampon Taxi, The Pink Protest, The Red Box Project

Call for Research Participants

01/12/201808/01/2019 by Sara

The 'Period Poverty' Project is looking to interview people who are advocating or assisting people who are experiecing 'period poverty'.

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Tagged feminism activism, interviews, News, period poverty, period poverty research, period poverty statistics, research participants

From Period Poverty to Menstrual Cups

11/10/201825/10/2018 by Sara Leave a comment

In this post originally from the Cost of Living blog, Sasha Scambler considers the way that period poverty is being addressed.

Posted in News, Uncategorized
Tagged amika george, cost of living, effects of poverty, freedom4girls, freeperiods, menstrual cups, on the ball, sasha scambler

Welfare Imaginaries

11/09/201802/04/2019 by Sara

In this post, I talk about zines and presenting part of the media analysis for The 'Period Poverty' Project at the second Welfare Imaginaries seminar in Liverpool.

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Tagged austerity, feminism activism, liverpool, News, period poverty, period poverty austerity, welfare imaginaries

‘Period Poverty’ in the Media

10/09/201808/01/2019 by Sara Leave a comment

Have you seen any representations of 'period poverty' recently? In this post, I talk about collecting 'period poverty' representations.

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Tagged eastenders, feminism period poverty, i daniel blake, period poverty, period poverty activism, representation

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