🩸What is Free Bleeding?🩸
Free bleeding is exactly what it sounds like— bleeding without the help of menstrual products like tampons or pads. People have had to bleed without absorbent aids since the dawn of humankind, all over the world. But free bleeding as a movement was kicked off in the 1970s as a result of second-wave feminist movements.
People free bleed for a variety of reasons: it’s to tackle stigma around hiding menstruation, it’s to acknowledge the high cost of period products (and that sometimes people have no choice but to free bleed), and also— it’s to curb the incredible environmental burden that disposable period products have on planet earth.
There is no right or wrong way to have a period, and people who menstruate are free to use products that make them feel good— both physically and emotionally. Try out free bleeding (period underwear counts!) as an environmental alternative this Earth Day and let us know how it goes for you.
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