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Bloody Brilliant: A Review of Modibodi’s Period Undies
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Bloody Brilliant: A Review of Modibodi’s Period Undies

Like other period pants, Modibodi’s products are designed as a reusable alternative to disposable pads, liners and tampons. They’re meant to fit and feel like regular underwear – except they come with a built-in patented 3mm lining to absorb any liquid. Or, to put it in their own words, period pants as leak-proof as a chat with your bestie (it was this line that sold me)…

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‘What is the Cost of Our Self-Expression?’: Why Buying Fast Fashion is Anti-Feminist
Beauty & Lifestyle Megan Willis Beauty & Lifestyle Megan Willis

‘What is the Cost of Our Self-Expression?’: Why Buying Fast Fashion is Anti-Feminist

In harnessing the power of clothing in the face of oppression, we have forgotten about the people who make our clothes, the majority of whom are women of colour trapped in the cycle of poverty. What feels like a feminist act – whether it’s buying clothing with our earned incomes or ‘treating ourselves’ – may in fact be anti-feminist...

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