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How to track your menstrual cycle with a free tracker from joni period care
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How to Track Your Menstrual Cycle

By Victoria Alexander

How to track your menstrual cycle is all the rage these days. There are apps, tracking journals, and pen and paper methods, but you may be asking yourself ‘how do I track my menstrual cycle’...

8 Tips to Make Pap Smears More Comfortable by Period Doula Victoria Alexander on the joni blog
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How Can I Make My Pap Smear More Comfortable?

By Victoria Alexander

  Whether you’ve had a pap smear or not, chances are you have some questions about how they work or why you need them. I put together some info on commonly asked questions and concerns,...

For Better or For Worse: Periods after Pregnancy
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For Better or For Worse: Periods after Pregnancy

By Katie Nelson

  While postpartum periods are different for everyone, there are certain aspects you can expect as the body changes. Katie Nelson–a full spectrum doula who guides parents through the whole pregnancy journey–gives us the facts and offers her...

Menstruation: Why Gender Inclusive Language Matters
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Menstruation: Why Gender Inclusive Language Matters

By Victoria Alexander

  There’s a shift happening in the period space. You may see terms like “menstruators”, “people with periods”, and “period care products” being used more often. These shifts are happening for the same reason many...

Rest as Rebellion, by Hannah Legault on the joni blog
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Should You Rest on Your Period?

By Hannah Legault

Rest as an Act of Rebellion     Have you ever considered that there may be a good physiological reason why you feel the need to curl up on the couch and rest when you...

Unhoused people face unique menstrual challenges and rely on period care donations
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How Do People Without Housing Cope with Periods?

By Hannah Legault

The headaches. The cramping. The back pain. The weakness. The fatigue. Throw in the emotional state of a top-notch rollercoaster and the type of fatigue that hits you is like a brick wall. The visible...

All about endometriosis, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. By reproductive health expert Victoria Alexander.
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Endometriosis 101: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment

By Victoria Alexander

  One in 10 people live with endometriosis, that’s roughly 136 million menstruators worldwide¹-² . Yet on average it takes seven to 10 years to receive a diagnosis³. The under diagnosis of endometriosis has multiple...

What is period poverty? What does period poverty look like in Canada? Join the fight for period equity with joni.
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Period Poverty in Canada

By Team joni

  Did you know period poverty affects millions of Canadians every year? Even so, a great majority of Canadians are unaware of what period poverty actually is. At its most basic definition, period poverty occurs...

Sustainable Periods: Progress not Perfection
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Sustainable Periods: Progress not Perfection

By Simplify Sustainable

Why is an eco-blogger like me always talking about periods? Well, I bleed. And every person who bleeds has their own period history and experiences. It’s simultaneously a personal and shared experience. And it’s only...

Two models outside in a body of water sharing their moontimes
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Moontimes - The Impact Of Colonial Values

By Nikki Iyolo

 

Periods: When is the Pain too Much?
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Periods: When is the Pain too Much?

By Victoria Alexander

Have you ever wished away your period because the pain is too much to handle? Missed work or school because of your period symptoms? I’m here to tell you that you don’t need to live...

Do pads cause cancer? Get the facts from joni, organic bamboo pads
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4 Organic Pad Myths Debunked

By Team joni

Have you heard that you should switch to organic pads because plastic and harsh chemicals in conventional (plastic) pads can cause cancer? This rumor has been shared hundreds (if not thousands) of times on social...

Welcome To The joni Blog!
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Welcome To The joni Blog!

By Linda Biggs

Welcome! Linda here, co-founder at joni. I’m so happy to have you here. We’ve launched our blog with the intention of creating a safe place to learn and grow together. We’re excited to have you...

I'm male and started a period care company-here's why.
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I'm male and started a period care company-here's why.

By Jayesh Vekariya

The big questions everyone asked me - “But you are a man. How will Canadian women resonate with you?” “What do you know about periods?” “You need a woman co-founder.” “You shouldn’t talk about period...

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