World Menstrual Hygiene Day Giveaway - May 28th!

Our period positive friends are donating products for us to help celebrate World Menstrual Hygiene day! You can enter to win a free year subscription to Cora organic tampons. Flex, a tampon alternative that collects menstrual blood and is disposable. &&& last but not least Femmy Cycle Cup, an innovative spill proof menstrual cup! to We'll be selecting the winners on May 31st, but you can enter now! I know what you're thinking, "How do I get this free loot?"

You can enter in 3 ways!

1. Like, follow and repost the photo with the hashtag #ThePeriodical.

2. Like, follow and tag your bestie for a chance for both of you to win!

3. Subscribe and write a review for The Periodical on iTunes. Email [email protected] a screenshot of your review.

Feel free to do all 3 methods to triple your chances!

This episode features an interview with the author of Woman Code, Founder of FLO Living, and Cycles + Sex keynote speaker Alissa Vitti! Jessie and Trey review the Cycles + Sex event. They also speak about the upcoming documentary, Sweetening the Pill, from Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein. Listen to the end to hear about our upcoming giveaway!

Jessie speaks with the founders of the Cycles + Sex event happening here in New York City. The Periodical listeners receive a promo code: THEPERIODICAL to receive 20% off tickets. CYCLES + SEX is the first of its kind "Happening" to educate and celebrate the interconnectedness of our menstrual, hormonal, reproductive and sexual health for overall wellbeing and autonomy. And the timing couldn't be more vital.  On April 30th from 11:30am-7pm @404NYC we are putting thought-leaders and innovators in these fields all under the same roof and bringing them to the people. It will be a full day of juicy workshops and panels (all the stuff we should know, but probably don't), the tools to make it better, and local resources and organizations doing groundbreaking work to help us along the way.

This is the last episode of Season 1 of The Periodical. Jessie speaks with Morgan and Mullica about the learning curve with menstrual cups. Hanging out on a Friday night talking about menstrual cups unfolds hilarious stories including: beach traumas, the most obvious natural lubricant, and who has the highest cervix while menstruating.

Jessie and Trey dive into the scandal surrounding Thinx founder and CEO Miki Agrawal. What is the fallout of a feminist-minded, woman CEO facing assault allegations? What’s the line between familiarity in a body-positivite workplace and sexual harassment? How will this controversy affect the brand? And what about the fight for those edgy subway ads?!? Jessie and Trey discuss it all.

Jessie interviews Lindsey McEntee, COO (Chief Ovulation Officer) of Aunt Flow. Aunt Flow is a buy-one, give-one subscription box for 100% cotton tampons and pads. Listen in for a promo code to try Aunt Flow FREE! Jessie and Lindsey discuss stigma's within period culture and the challenges of creating a business based around menstruation stigma. Listeners can go to auntflow.org, customize their box, select a beneficiary organization, and use code THEPERIODICAL (no space, all caps) at checkout for their first box free (when they subscribe.) Aunt Flow is a buy-one, give-one subscription box for 100% cotton tampons and pads. Menstruators can go online, customize their box of 18 pieces, and have it delivered to their door each month. For every box they purchase, one is donated to a person without access to menstrual products in the US. Follow Aunt Flow on Social Media @goauntflow Lindsey is the COO (Chief Ovulation Officer) for the social enterprise Aunt Flow. She spends her days making period puns, answering flow mail, and fitting in as many Gilmore Girls episodes as possible. To chat about anything and everything menstruation, or Aunt Flow, contact her at [email protected]. Follow Lindsey  IG: @lindseymcenteeofficial (joke... lol) Twitter: @lindseymcentee FB: Lindsey McEntee

Jessie and Shea discuss UK brand Bodyform's 2016 "Live Fearless" ad campaign. This commercial features actual blood.... from their knees and toes etc. The internet went wild over this media piece and how revolutionary it was for a tampon advertisement to show "real" blood. While this is great progress, Jessie and Shea have some criticism and one question. When will we see the product being sold to us actually absorbing vaginal blood?

Shea talks about her first love and the disasters that came along with it, her calamity involving a curious pet and ceiling blood, and trying to become the role model many young women deserve in a world filled with Regina George-esque high school students. This week, Jessie welcomes Shea Mangold. Shea is a English teacher, dance coach, choreographer, over-confident artist, and sarcasm enthusiast. She has been known to describe herself as “basically Robin Williams from that one movie where he’s an English teacher… but more of an asshole.” Jessie and Shea discuss girl stalking, period cups, and black cats while sharing their love for one another and embracing embarrassing situations. You can keep up with Shea on her instagram @sheasheamus, but only if you enjoy meaningless memes and Afterlight edited selfies.

Jessie and Lachrista Greco, Founder/CEO/EIC of Guerrilla Feminism, discuss the realities of living with PMDD. They examine the challenges of getting diagnosed and the strain it brings on mental health. They speak of sexism in the medical industry and the importance of listening to your body. Lachrista mentions the problems with speaking about periods on Guerrilla Feminism due to the cis sexist nature of the language around menstruation.