What did women do before pads?
As long as women have existed, periods have existed. But over the years, how we manage menstruation has changed. From the early days of using what nature could provide, through...
the pioneer. Everything You Need To Know About Periods.
We’ve made it official with The Vegan Society
We've Made It Official With The Vegan Society We’re bloody proud to announce that this Veganuary, our tampons, pads and newly launching period pants have all been certified by The...
DAME. 2021. The Festive Gift Guide that keeps on giving
Gifts That Give Back - Sustainable Giving This Festive Season RNLI + FINISTERRE Grace Roll Neck, £125.00 Modelled here by Mali Parry-Jones is a longstanding ten-year RNLI volunteer, based at...
LEAD AND WE’LL FOLLOW
DAMEchangers Innovation Camp Review Every great journey starts with a pivotal moment. The moment when someone crosses a threshold, from the known to the unknown, when they leave the safety...
PLASTIC FREE JULY: How much plastic is hiding in your period products?
How much plastic is hiding in your period products? As Plastic Free July comes to an end, new research reveals that British women are angered by the levels of plastic...
DAMEchangers Innovation Camp: Bringing on the next generation.
DAMEchangers Innovation Camp: Our Next Generation "Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risk, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” - Mary Lou Cook At DAME we’re all about paying...
Meet the female activists on a mission to close the UK gender health gap
“Our bodies, our lives, our NHS” is the rallying cry of the Ginsburg Women’s Health Board (GWHB), set up in early 2021 By Mika Simmons and Nimco Ali OBE to...
THE B CORP CREW: What it means to be a B Corp in 2021
What it Means to be a B Corp in 2021 Got B Corp ambitions? We dare you to be better To celebrate B Corp Month 2021, we dare you to...
Gabby Edlin, founder of Bloody Good Period, talks menstrual equity, being aggressively ethical and why she would never work with Tampax or Always.
Gabby Edlin, founder of Bloody Good Period “We exist to make sure that everybody has period products who need them. We’re aggressively feminist and aggressively ethical. We’re a very forward-thinking,...
Kresse Wesling MBE of Elvis & Kresse talks about actionism over activism, the importance of sharing knowledge and the unbearable guilt of take-aways.
Kresse Wesling MBE of Elvis & Kresse talks about actionism over activism. Environmental entrepreneur Kresse Wesling of Elvis & Kresse A self-confessed waste nerd, Kresse is one half of sustainable...
Tamsin Blanchard on how to incorporate the Fashion Revolution spirit into your everyday life.
Tamsin Blanchard, Fashion Revolutionary & Journalist It’s such a simple question: “Who Made My Clothes?” But a straightforward answer, even if a brand is willing to name the factory where...
Mandu Reid, leader of the Women’s Equality Party and Mayor of London candidate, talks women’s rights, abortion and not fitting in.
Mandu Reid leader of the Women's Equality Party. Talks Women's rights, abortion and not fitting in. What many admire about Mandu Reid is the grace that comes with not bending...
Turn your activism into actionism in 2021: 8 UK petitions to sign from your sofa
Turn Your Activism Into Actionism Given the events of the past year, and the current environmental crises happening around the world, now could be a good moment to channel your...
Hiking, trains and no-fly holidays.
The best sustainable travel trends to book now. Desperate to book a holiday for summer 2021? Journalist Laura Hampson meets the eco travel experts redefining the future of responsible holidays....
Mary Kenner, African-American period pioneer.
As part of Black History Month we want to celebrate the African-American self-taught inventor and period pioneer Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (1912-2006, pictured above). As you probably know by...
Plastic is back.
Plastic is back. Let’s not allow temporary plastic digressions outstay their welcome. As I tentatively re-enter normal life I feel a bit like Neo in the Matrix after he takes...
Covid wasn’t a reset, it was an interlude.
If a sourdough loaf was baked during lockdown, but no one sees it on Instagram, did it even really happen? It’s one of 2020’s less urgent philosophical questions. For those...
Intersectionality, period.
We’re a small start up with mission at our core. Equality, intersectionality and community empowerment have always been at the heart of what we stand for as individuals, and as...
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