Aisle Partners with Food Banks Canada to Supply Reusable Menstrual Products
Aisle Partners with Food Banks Canada to Supply Reusable Menstrual Products
We’re thrilled to see the Government of Canada taking meaningful steps to providing marginalized people in Canada with a choice of sustainable disposable as well as reusable pads and period... Read more...
Period Poverty: A Day in the Life of a Student
Period Poverty: A Day in the Life of a Student
What does period poverty actually look like? In order to describe it, we thought about all of the stories that have been shared with our team over the past decades,... Read more...
Free Birth Control? Wonderful. Now, How About Menstrual Products?
Free Birth Control? Wonderful. Now, How About Menstrual Products?
Access to free birth control allows for greater control and choice over family planning decisions, as a matter of human rights. Given the non-negotiable role that menstrual management also plays... Read more...
Reflections on 30 Years of Menstrual Health and Equity Leadership
Reflections on 30 Years of Menstrual Health and Equity Leadership
One of the things that I am often asked is how things have changed in the reusable menstrual product space over 30 years, and my answer is that it’s a... Read more...
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Menstrual Equity with the Period Purse
Menstrual equity is the idea that access to free, quality menstrual products, education and a shame-free attitude about periods are essential for full and dignified participation in life for everyone... Read more...
We Should All Be More Like Yvon
We Should All Be More Like Yvon
Yvon Chouinard’s recent decision to essentially gift his $3 Billion company’s shares to fight climate change is a seismic move that flies in the face of traditional capitalist business values.... Read more...
Decolonization and Reconcili-action in 2022
Decolonization and Reconcili-action in 2022
As we approach Canada’s second national Truth and Reconciliation Day (aka Orange Shirt Day) on September 30th, this post is about sharing various ways that we support ‘Reconcili-action’, (ie: actually walking the... Read more...
Free Reusables: The Next Step Towards Menstrual Equity
Free Reusables: The Next Step Towards Menstrual Equity
Menstrual products are essential personal hygiene supplies, alongside toilet paper, hand soap and paper towels. Provision of these essential supplies are unquestionably the re sponsibility of the institutions where the bathrooms... Read more...
Decolonizing Menstrual Health: A Conversation about Interviewing Experiences
Decolonizing Menstrual Health: A Conversation about Interviewing Experiences
This article is based on a conversation between Madeleine Shaw, co-founder of Aisle, and Minhtam Tran, the former Project Leader for Decolonizing Menstrual Health, about their experiences and learnings from designing and leading... Read more...
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Full Report: Supporting Menstrual Health and Equity in Post-Secondary Institutions with Reusable Menstrual Products
Free Periods Canada surveyed post-secondary students across Canada and collected 470 responses and summarized those results in a report, which is now available for download here. Read more...
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How One Doula Provides Abortion Support
Sierra Holland on why abortion stigma is violence, how there is no one way to support someone having an abortion, and why abortion work must include the continual work of... Read more...
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Why Social Entrepreneurship Matters Now More Than Ever
It’s time for all initiatives of all sizes to prioritize tackling social and environmental issues as their primary raison d’être. Read more...
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Re-Indigenizing Menstrual Health
We partnered with The Menstrual Health Hub to create a Decolonizing Menstrual Health interview series, in an effort to center Indigenous and Métis voices and vastly grow our collective understanding of menstrual... Read more...
Black Women's Equal Pay Day
Black Women's Equal Pay Day
Creating a world where all can thrive means acknowledging how dual marginalization, the wealth gap, the cost and access of education, and occupational segregation have cost Black women tens of thousands of... Read more...
Small Ways to Make a Difference
Small Ways to Make a Difference
Been feeling a little down from the constant onslaught of frankly overwhelming news recently? Here are some small actions you can take that really do make a difference. Read more...
The Cost Of Fast Fashion
The Cost Of Fast Fashion
Your outfit costs more than it says on the receipt. Read more...
The Importance of Boundaries Online
The Importance of Boundaries Online
If we’re going to have productive, nuanced, and world-improving conversations online, we need to be sure that we can increase our tolerance for discomfort, and know when we need to... Read more...
2020: Here’s How We Did
2020: Here’s How We Did
We’ve put together two reports, on our social and environmental impact and the work we did in 2020 to measure our impact on the planet and our community. Read more...
Five Menstrual Activists to Follow
Five Menstrual Activists to Follow
In the fight for menstrual equity and justice, it’s vital to centre the experiences of marginalized folks and organizers, to support them, and to amplify their voices and work.  Read more...
Lydia Okello standing outside. They're wearing sunglasses and laughing.
An Interview with Lydia Okello
Did you miss Lydia Okello's takeover last weekend on our Instagram? We talked sustainability, joy, inclusive period products, and more! Read more...
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Standing Up To White Supremacy
We commit to ongoing, continuous, rigorous reflection internally and externally about ways we can stand in solidarity with Black, Indigenous and other people of colour and work to dismantle white... Read more...
COVID-19 Is A Feminist Nightmare
COVID-19 Is A Feminist Nightmare
This world works better for some than others, and when the chips are down, we do not experience disaster equally.  Read more...
5 Women on Why They Turned From Pro-Life to Pro-Choice
5 Women on Why They Turned From Pro-Life to Pro-Choice
What prompted these women to change their long-held views on abortion? Read more...
It's Time For Ottawa To Recognize Periods
It's Time For Ottawa To Recognize Periods
The Great Menstrual Products Unavailability Crisis is real.  Read more...
A sign is held up at an environmental protest. The sign reads "There is no Planet B" and has a drawing of the earth on it.
The Price of Plastic
Plastic isn’t just filling garbage cans. It’s endangering life on this planet. Read more...
67 Ways To Have An Intersectional International Women's Day
67 Ways To Have An Intersectional International Women's Day
Let’s be clear - feminism isn’t feminism without intersectionality. Let’s take International Women’s Day to examine our privileges, embrace our differences and think about how we can build justice every... Read more...
Let's Make 2019 A Year of Breakthrough Progress on Dignified Periods
Let's Make 2019 A Year of Breakthrough Progress on Dignified Periods
It's 2019. Time to see some period progress. Read more...
The Hidden Impact of Period Poverty In Prisons
The Hidden Impact of Period Poverty In Prisons
"You’d ask a CO for pads or tampons, and he would ask you questions like, ‘How long have you been bleeding? Didn’t I give you a pad yesterday? How long... Read more...
You Can't Have A Period On Welfare In BC
You Can't Have A Period On Welfare In BC
Guess what you can't afford if you're on welfare in British Columbia? Well, your period, for starters.  Read more...
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The Crumbling Dream of Reproductive Freedom in America
Don't take reproductive rights for granted. Read more...
Menstrual Hygiene: More Than a Day and More Than Just for Women
Menstrual Hygiene: More Than a Day and More Than Just for Women
Period poverty is real and impacting folks in your city today. Here's how you can help.  Read more...
Meet a Changemaker: Brooke Lopez
Meet a Changemaker: Brooke Lopez
Meet menstrual equity activist Brooke Lopez, who is bringing period realness to Texas with fearlessness and compassion. Read more...
Driving Change: Talking Menstrual Justice with Nadya Okamoto
Driving Change: Talking Menstrual Justice with Nadya Okamoto
We chatted with Nadya Okamoto about her organization, life and the issues around menstrual product accessibility. Here’s what she had to say! Read more...
Wonder Woman: An Interview with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Wonder Woman: An Interview with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
If you're a menstrual activist, you probably already know the name Jennifer Weiss-Wolf. For the unfamiliar, Jennifer is a writer, activist and policy warrior leading the charge in the U.S. movement to eliminate... Read more...
Periods & The City
Periods & The City
We are just back from an amazing whirlwind trip to New York, which not-so-surprisingly happened to coincide with me having my period, not to mention a bouquet of other menstrual-related... Read more...
Why Inclusion Matters
Why Inclusion Matters
In 2011, I wrote A Period Aisle For All Genders & All Bodies to talk about the harm caused by cissexist assumptions about periods and bodies — and to share my... Read more...
Pirates, B Corps & Disruption: Not Business as Usual
Pirates, B Corps & Disruption: Not Business as Usual
It won't come as news to most people reading this blog that our business philosophy is firmly grounded in the belief that capitalism can be a powerful force for positive... Read more...