The Undercovers Blog
Most of us know the moment - You sneeze, laugh hard, or run for the train, and for a split second you think: “Urgh, did I just leak?!”
If you have, congratulations, you're a person with a body! From light bladder leakage after childbirth to heavy days that make you plan your whole life around a bathroom map, it's all normal and common.
In 2024, UC Berkeley researchers published the first-ever study measuring what's actually in tampons. The FDA investigated and concluded the levels were not high enough to cause harm. But that's not really the story. The story is that nobody checked what was in them until 2024...
Here's a brief history of period products and how we went from rags to revolution, and back again!
Getting your period in your thirties hits different. You’re older, wiser (and hotter) than ever. You consider yourself a seasoned professional at dealing with your cycle, but somehow a new decade brings a new era of period problems.
