Today is #NationalPeriodDay, an opportunity to break the silence, smash period stigma, raise awareness and make efforts to combat menstrual inequity.
We know that everyone’s period is different, but the average menstruating person has a total of 456 periods in their lifetime. That equals about 2280 days bleeding— which is roughly 6 entire years.
During that time, you have to buy tampons, pads, cups, and period underwear to manage the bleeding. Then there’s pain medication, hot water bottles, snacks, acne medication, birth control, new sheets or clothes if you’ve leaked— which all leads up to one thing: an incredibly expensive flow.
On any given day, there are 800 million people menstruating all over the world. And not all of these people have access to the daily luxuries that many of us do that can help them manage their time of the month safely and with dignity.
So what are we doing at Knix to help? We’re proud to announce we’re working to make sure everyone is covered today (and every day) with more sustainable period options. With every purchase of our Reusable Pads, one pad will be donated to the @blkwomenshealth ‘Positive Period’ campaign to help alleviate period poverty (knix.com) and to @theperiodpurse, a registered charity providing folks experiencing marginalization with access to free period products (knix.ca).
Happy menstruating, everyone! 🩸