A letter from our new Director
Frances Roberts Frances Roberts

A letter from our new Director

Our outgoing Team Leader and incoming Edinburgh Director Frances, discusses her experiences of Sanitree over the past two years and maps out the road ahead.

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Dear Past Me
Lula Ashdown Lula Ashdown

Dear Past Me

This blog is a creative piece of self-reflection, looking back at the experience of period shame when you’re younger and how you break free of its insidious hold.

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Bleeding Money
Jennifer Lawrie Brooks Jennifer Lawrie Brooks

Bleeding Money

Jennifer Lawrie Brooks explores the complex ways capitalism is actively shaping the period product market, period poverty, and, ultimately, the way we menstruate.

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Menstruation as Muse
Lula Ashdown Lula Ashdown

Menstruation as Muse

This blog explores the historic impact of menstrual art, and introduces a new creative project at Sanitree.

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Managing period pain
Guest User Guest User

Managing period pain

Period pains is a topic that cannot be spoken about enough. While we each have different ways of feeling better, as we pull through those painful days, here is a personal guide to feeling a little less uncomfortable to complement your expertly crafted and tried-and-tested methods.

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Sex Education: Anecdotes and Apathy
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Sex Education: Anecdotes and Apathy

Sex Education in most schools and societies has ensued multiple euphemisms and metaphors. It has been the center of awkward giggles, division of boys and girls in the class, and a universal feeling of isolation and shame. This blog explores these ideas of misinformation about bodies, the lack of concern to engage in important conversations, and its contribution to period poverty.

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Selling The Pad
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Selling The Pad

Advertising and selling sanitary products have always been a tiptoe around societal expectations and limitations. In this blog, we look at the elements of the advertisement of sanitary products, in public media and discourse.

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