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How periods are making other people rich

Video The Guardian 20 June 2019

People have been tracking their cycles

since periods were a thing.

These days,

menstrual cycles have become big business,

and there are lots of ways to profit from them.

The rise of fertility-tracking apps

mean companies have data

on the most intimate aspects of our lives.

And marketers are learning

how to exploit subconscious hormonal drives

to sell us stuff we aren't even aware that we want

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzKIGXRGgPc

living in a woman’s body UK

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/
living-in-a-woman-s-body

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/09/
living-in-a-womans-body-our-fists-raised-in-defiance-
we-are-taking-back-what-is-ours

body confidence UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/20/
everything-is-hairless-
what-100-women-taught-me-about-porn-and-body-confidence

women’s bodies > medicine UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/24/
why-does-medicine-treat-women-like-men

girls > enter puberty USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/
opinion/what-causes-girls-to-enter-puberty-early.html

girls > puberty UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/10/
girls-puberty-year-earlier

puberty USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/
795329574/how-puberty-pregnancy-and-perimenopause-impact-
womens-mental-health

menstruation UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/society/
menstruation

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/03/04/
516628738/menstruation-101-for-boys-a-comic-book-is-their-guide

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/08/11/
431605131/attention-trump-some-cultures-treat-menstruation-with-respect

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/22/
period-menstruation-heather-watson-taboo

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/23/
324346700/meanstruation-helloflos-mother-daughter-war-is-funny-and-sad

First Moon Party

video Flow space 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEcZmT0fiNM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/02/
period-menstruation

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-
stoppingperiods_x.htm

premenstrual syndrome PMS USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/
well/live/antidepressants-pms-treatment.html

https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/
this-is-my-brain-on-pms/

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder PMDD USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/
well/live/antidepressants-pms-treatment.html

periods UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/sep/05/
should-we-delete-our-period-tracking-apps

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/25/
pandemic-periods-why-womens-menstrual-cycles-have-gone-haywire

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=PzKIGXRGgPc - G - 20 June 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/28/
periods-women-girls-facilities-myths-menstruation

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/22/
period-menstruation-heather-watson-taboo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/02/
period-menstruation

periods USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/15/
721729850/periods-why-these-eighth-graders-arent-afraid-to-talk-about-them

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/03/04/
516628738/menstruation-101-for-boys-a-comic-book-is-their-guide

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/23/
478562615/do-women-need-periods

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/
this-is-my-brain-on-pms/

period tracking apps UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/sep/05/
should-we-delete-our-period-tracking-apps

perimenopause UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/12/
can-menopause-be-fun-and-sexy-
yes-according-to-miranda-july

perimenopause USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/
magazine/menopause-hot-flashes-hormone-therapy.html

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/
795329574/how-puberty-pregnancy-and-perimenopause-
impact-womens-mental-health

menopause UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/
menopause

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/12/
can-menopause-be-fun-and-sexy-
yes-according-to-miranda-july

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/03/
all-the-rage-the-rise-of-the-menopause-novel

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/20/
drug-hot-flushes-transform-menopause-treatment-
doctors-fezolinetant

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/20/
its-never-too-late-how-to-live-better-with-menopause

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/19/
menopause-shouldnt-be-a-secret-or-mystery-
and-you-shouldnt-have-to-put-up-with-it-in-silence

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/04/
kathy-burke-interview-depression-menopause-
podcast - Guardian podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/16/
menopause-is-having-a-moment-
but-for-many-women-its-still-in-the-shadows

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jun/28/
young-hot-and-bothered-
going-through-menopause-in-my-30s

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/03/
im-becoming-menopausal-and-its-already-getting-me-down

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/26/
menopause-treatment-hrt

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/05/
not-attracted-to-husband-any-more-maybe-menopause-mariella-frostrup

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/11/
jeanette-winterson-can-you-stop-the-menopause

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/25/
stevie-nicks-interview

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/nov/02/
medical-research-health-menopause-fertility

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/may/05/
genetics.health

menopause USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/
well/mind/menopause-dementia-risk-estrogen.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/
magazine/menopause-hot-flashes-hormone-therapy.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/
well/live/the-brain-fog-of-menopause.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/18/
797354824/menopause-starts-younger-than-you-think-
heres-what-you-need-to-know

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/09/
455039878/menopause-a-gold-mine-for-marketers-fewer-payoffs-for-women

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/09/
454710392/hormones-may-help-younger-women-with-menopause-symptoms

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/health/
hot-flashes-can-linger-as-long-as-14-years-study-finds.html

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/
tackling-menopauses-side-effects/

onset of menopause UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/20/
its-never-too-late-how-to-live-better-with-menopause

menopausal symptoms USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/
well/mind/menopause-dementia-risk-estrogen.html

menopause >

brain fog / menopause-related cognitive impairment USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/
well/live/the-brain-fog-of-menopause.html

menopause > brain USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/
well/mind/menopause-dementia-risk-estrogen.html

menopause > hot flushes UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/20/
drug-hot-flushes-transform-menopause-treatment-doctors-fezolinetant

menopause > hot flashes USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/
health/hot-flashes-can-linger-as-long-as-14-years-
study-finds.html

become menopausal UK

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jul/03/
im-becoming-menopausal-and-its-already-getting-me-down

The imperfect but honest image of a woman's body UK 2014

Beth Whaanga's

photographs of her cancer scars,

Jade Beall's

images of 'pregnancy stretchmarks'

and Gabi Gregg's

'fat women in swimwear'

could change our view of 'perfection'

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/feb/12/
imperfect-image-womans-body-cancer-scars-pregnancy-
stretchmarks-fat-women-swimwear

hormone levels USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/23/
630688342/might-sex-hormones-help-protect-women-from-alzheimer-s-
after-all-maybe

female sex hormone > estrogen USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/
science/middle-aged-men-can-blame-estrogen-too.html

pregnancy USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/
795329574/how-puberty-pregnancy-and-perimenopause-
impact-womens-mental-health

mastectomy UK

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/11/
i-would-like-a-partner-
but-i-cant-imagine-revealing-my-body-to-a-man-again

double mastectomy UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/01/
mastectomy-cancer

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/
health/angelina-jolies-disclosure-highlights-a-breast-cancer-dilemma.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/14/
angelina-jolie-double-mastectomy-women

vagina UK

https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2024/jan/25/
secrets-of-the-microbiome-the-vagina-podcast

vaginal reconstruction USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/
opinion/sunday/from-sports-illustrated-the-latest-body-part-for-women-to-fix.html

hymen UK

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/07/
ti-rapper-daughter-hymen-check-outrage

clitoris UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jan/01/
today-in-focus-revisited-
the-clitoris-coverup-why-do-we-know-so-little-podcast

clitoris USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/
health/clitoris-sex-doctors-surgery.html

women’s genitalia UK

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/16/
viva-la-vulva-why-we-need-to-talk-about-women-genitalia

endometriosis

- a chronic disorder in which tissue similar

to that which normally lines the uterus

instead grows outside it. USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/
health/endometriosis-griffith-uterus.html

endometriosis,

a chronic inflammatory condition

that affects one in 10 women globally, UK

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/02/
a-common-treatment-for-endometriosis-could-actually-be-making-things-worse

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/15/
pain-scale-women-endometriosis-period

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/08/
worse-than-childbirth-women-with-endometriosis-call-for-better-treatments

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jul/02/
a-common-treatment-for-endometriosis-could-actually-be-making-things-worse

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/
health/endometriosis-griffith-uterus.html

endometriosis UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/
endometriosis

http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/sep/28/
what-is-endometriosis-guide

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/28/
endometriosis-20-things-every-woman-and-every-doctor-should-know

http://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2015/sep/27/
the-pain-is-paralysing-30-women-describe-living-with-endometriosis

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/28/
endometriosis-hidden-suffering-millions-women

endometriosis USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/
well/live/endometriosis-symptoms-treatment.html

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