
Dear Past Me
This blog is a creative piece of self-reflection, looking back at the experience of period shame when you’re younger and how you break free of its insidious hold.

Menstrual Activism, Yesterday and Today
Jennifer Lawrie Brooks explores the history and future of menstrual activism.

A Bloody Good Time: Exploring Periods and Sexuality
This blog explores the relationship between periods and sexuality, looking at how, when celebrating them together we can help dismantle bodily shame and stigma.

Bleeding Money
Jennifer Lawrie Brooks explores the complex ways capitalism is actively shaping the period product market, period poverty, and, ultimately, the way we menstruate.

The ‘Me’ in Endometriosis
This blog explores how endometriosis affects people around the world.

Menstruation as Muse
This blog explores the historic impact of menstrual art, and introduces a new creative project at Sanitree.

The Secret Coven of People Who Menstruate
Erin Kieser explores the spooky connection between periods and witchcraft.

Summiting the Roof of Africa: Menstrual cups of blood, sweat and tears

Managing period pain
Period pains is a topic that cannot be spoken about enough. While we each have different ways of feeling better, as we pull through those painful days, here is a personal guide to feeling a little less uncomfortable to complement your expertly crafted and tried-and-tested methods.

Film Review: Pad Man

Sex Education: Anecdotes and Apathy
Sex Education in most schools and societies has ensued multiple euphemisms and metaphors. It has been the center of awkward giggles, division of boys and girls in the class, and a universal feeling of isolation and shame. This blog explores these ideas of misinformation about bodies, the lack of concern to engage in important conversations, and its contribution to period poverty.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Mary Kenner
In this blog, we learn about Mary Kenner’s life and her invention. We also consider her experiences as a black women inventor.

Selling The Pad
Advertising and selling sanitary products have always been a tiptoe around societal expectations and limitations. In this blog, we look at the elements of the advertisement of sanitary products, in public media and discourse.

Recap 2021
Here is a quick recap of the developments in menstrual health in 2021, spanning policy, business, and education from across the globe.

Sanitree at COP26
Issy, Frances (Co-project leaders), Martha (Founder), Ellie (Sustainability Officer) and Sophie (Events Manager) represented Sanitree at the 26th Conference Of the Parties (COP26 to you and me!) at the Glasgow Science Centre. It was the perfect venue; a space to facilitate discussions around current climate-related socio-environmental issues and give voices to those at the forefront of climate change.

Meet The Team
Bringing Jaipur to Edinburgh, this is Sanitree’s wholesome bunch.

A Book Review of ‘It's About Bloody Time. Period.’
Our Marketing Officer Marina Rabin reviews broadcaster Emma Barnett’s book working to demystify Endemetriosis and other realities and experiences of having periods.

Gender and the Climate Crisis.
The narrative that climate justice impacts us all is pushed constantly and while it is true, it is important to not forget the marginalized groups it unequally affects. Social justice issues are deeply intertwined with, and central to climate justice, coming from the same drivers of consumption and exploitation. Women around the world have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are disproportionately impacted by the impacts of climate change.

South Asia’s Hijra Community.
When Lord Ram left Ayodhya for a 14-year exile, a crowd of his devotees followed. Noticing this, he said that all “men and women” of his kingdom should return home. When he returned, he found the Hijras, being neither men nor women, had not moved from their place. Moved by their devotion, he grants them a boon to confer blessings during auspicious occasions.
