🚨 TODAY IS WORLD MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY 🚨 we’re fighting to end period poverty and period stigma because MENSTRUAL HYGIENE IS A RIGHT, not a privilege/luxury.
JOIN US - text GIVEPERIOD to 44321 🙏🏽 help us raise $28k in honor of the 28-day cycle!
#periodpower
@periodmovement
Mid autumn festival is all about this Chinese legend where a woman stole her husband’s immortality elixir for herself, and left him for the moon, leaving him to worship her out of mourning every year. How badass is that…
#midautumnfestival
@itsaugustco
VAGINA is not = VULVA
PERIODS are not = MENSTRUAL CYCLE
🌺 vulva: the whole external part of our anatomy as a uterus owner
🏋️♂️ vagina: the canal of the 2/3 hole, connecting the vulva and cercix
🩸 period: when the endometrium sheds
🔥 menstrual cycle: the 28 day cycle
"Women should support other women in standing up for themselves." -
@hillaryclinton
- yesterday at the
#teenvoguesummit
,
@chelseahandler
also told us that we don't have to be each other's best friends, but we have to be each other's sister.
@TeenVogue
we are inspired!
“NO IS A FULL SENTENCE. PERIOD.”
@MsPackyetti
hosting a workshop on self-care for organizers at
#ObamaSummit
Know your boundaries. Set them, and “don’t let others judge them.”
@ObamaFoundation
Five years ago, I was a 16-year-old girl on a mission to serve 20 homeless women a week. Today, we have served over 800,000 periods and built a whole movement, the
#menstrualmovement
with almost 600 registered chapters nationwide in 50 states and 30 countries.
@ilyseh
This is amazing. How can we help?! We do policy advocacy on period products in schools across the US and have lots of toolkits and resources we can share
@periodmovement
❤️
I received my Advanced Reader’s Copies this morning, and am wonderstruck remembering when this book was just an idea, then a mess of Google Docs, and is now a physical book I am holding in my hands! PREORDER
“Asking for help is a key to success.”
@dianeguerrero__
❤️
#obamasummit
Talking about the power of community, sharing our personal experiences, and the importance of asking for help... SO INSPIRED BY THIS WOMAN.
@ObamaFoundation
@itsaugustco
PERIOD FAIRY…this isn’t even a final image it’s just a select… I JUST. Lucy London the photographer we worked with really brought the vision to life…!!!
#periodfairy
#onmyperiod
My conservative Chinese grandparents disowned me last year for not being “Chinese enough” — and now I’m counting down the days to mid autumn festival like this 😈
Listening to the fearless leaders of the
@womensmarch
💪🏽 much needed words of empowerment happening here at
@teenvogue
especially after the tax bill passed last night...
#teenvoguesummit
Spoke at the UN today ✅ my childhood dream, for a while, was to work at the UN. I dreamed that MAYBE ONE DAY, if I worked hard enough for decades, I would be able to make it into the UN to stand up for something I believed in to better the world. But that day came today!!
On the red carpet last night, I shared that I was on my period — and how it was so exciting for me to talk about at glam events. Menstruation has never been thought of as glamorous. But here l am representing the
#MenstrualMovement
refusing to shut up about PERIODS
#goldenglobes
“You know who isn’t afraid to talk about race?!? White supremacists.” - an important wake up call for us all to TALK ABOUT RACE, however uncomfortable.
#WeVoteNext
@EighteenX18
Spending my first night of 2022 sleeping in the bathtub with our hyperventilating puppy, terrified of fireworks.
All after my flight was cancelled and I drove to the airport for no reason 😬
*Oprah voice* YOU GET A TAMPON and YOU GET A TAMPON!!! ❤️ so thankful to be a part of this year’s
@forbes
#30under30
class for my work with
@periodmovement
. Ready to fight the
#tampontax
with more ferocity than ever before!
Hi all! I wanted to address questions that have been coming up about my past housing instability/experience. I hesitated posting given everything happening in the world, but have been seeing a lot of questions about this. Response here:
What is life ❤️ tonight was such a dream. Being able to stand on the
@glamourmag
#womenoftheyear
stage to talk about PERIODS and accept an award from
@loreal
, among so many legendary women, felt so special and is a moment I will never take for granted.
@periodmovement
"This generation (Z) is one of the most inspiring I have ever witnessed, even in studying history." -
@common
telling the audience we have to stand up!!! Act!!
#TeenVogueSummit
@TeenVogue
When I told my family I was experiencing suicidal ideation last summer, I was able to find help in a residential rehab center.
And the fact that MEGHAN MARKLE a member of the royal family was not given that is...I just don’t have words 😡
#HarryandMeghanonOprah
Back to
@Harvard
📚 One of the
#1
google searches on my name is “Nadya Okamoto major” lol, so thought I’d share — I just switched and am officially concentrating in Sociology with a secondary in Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies! ✏️ 3 more semesters...
Trump was impeached. IMPEACHED. how are we looking at an IMPEACHED PRESIDENT who is actually seeing a fighting chance for re-election. ?!?!
#Election2020
NEW NYC NEST 🐣 just moved into my new apartment! Two years ago I was coming to NYC for work meetings from
@Harvard
and regularly sleeping in Port Authority Bus Station and banks. I couldn’t afford to freely spend on hotels and was trying to hustle for
@periodmovement
❤️
So it was Kate that made Meghan cry over flower girl dressessssss. And they just sat there in silence when the press said the opposite happened.
#HarryandMeghanonOprah
An ex-boyfriend once told me to stop telling him about my work successes because it stressed him out. He later dumped me because he said I prioritized work too much. To that I now say, GOOD RIDDANCE!!! 👏
Happy 1 year
#periodpower
🌸 I was so preoccupied with
#nationalperiodday
I totally missed the one-year anniversary of my debut book
#periodpower
being published - OCT 16, 2018 😇 to everyone who has read my book, THANK YOU ❤️❤️
You can’t be what you can’t see 👏 the three of us are fighting for representation and to ignite confidence in ourselves and others. Surround yourself with badass people who inspire you to BE YOU and BE BOLD 💕
.
Thank you
@loreal
#Womenofworth
and
@glamourmag
❤️
ONE MILLION PERIODS 😭
@periodmovement
has officially served over ONE MILLION PERIODS since we were founded in 2014 - that's about 13 million units of donated period products ❤️ thank you to all sponsors, partners, and chapters who made this possible!
BIG
#TAMPONTAX
WIN 💪🏽 It’s official‼️ Washington’s
@govinslee
officially signed the bill to end the
#tampontax
across the state🩸📝 This couldn’t have happened without the hard work of our WA activists who have worked tirelessly to end the luxury tax in their state💪🌟
NOT ALL WOMEN MENSTRUATE, and NOT ALL MENSTRUATORS ARE WOMEN 🌈 Today and everyday, we support equity for ALL menstruators🏳️ ⚧ Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility and we want emphasize our support for EVERYBODY in the
#menstrualcommunity
💙💕
I’m so angry and heartbroken I can’t even cry. I feel like if I start, I might not stop. Because this country just keeps proving to us time and time again, that we are not truly represented or protected.
Pls research and know how this affects you/your state.
“When I started Period, I didn’t think it would grow so fast,” she says. “I was just trying to do the work I felt like I needed to. It was very passion-driven.” - That's what keeps me going with
@periodmovment
. Thank you
@TeenVogue
for the
#21under21
!
If you think that overturning roe v Wade is going to *actually* stop people from getting abortions — go do some homework. Read some history. See the stats.
This is a ban on *safe* and *accessible* abortions.
Honored to be a
#Bloomberg50
One-to-Watch ❤️ sometimes this organizing work can feel very discouraging — I mean, activism is literally fighting the status quo, so pushback and rejection is a part of the job. Sometimes I wonder if anything I’m doing is actually making a difference
Happy July 4th! I wrote a thing for Teen Vogue and thought I'd share, especially on a day like today when I can't stop thinking about how young people can continue mobilizing for positive change towards equity in the US.
@TeenVogue
"Looking into windows doesn't change the world, looking into mirrors does. If you spend all your time looking at other people, you won't figure out how to challenge and use your voice...no one can show you your ugly but you." Dr. Darnisa
@ObamaFoundation
#communityleadershipcorps
"We ALL need to talk about periods — especially if we as a society are going to be serious about fighting for progress towards gender equality, global development, and breaking the cycle of poverty."
@nadyaokamoto
@periodmovement
#NationalPeriodDay
🔴If faces were bleeding, someone would do something 🔴THIS SATURDAY is the first-ever
#NationalPeriodDay
. We're hosting rallies in all 50 states to demand menstrual equity and an end to the
#tampontax
. Find your local rally at .
@SeventhGen
@BBDOSF
BIG NEWS🥳🩸 As of this week, menstrual products are tax-free in California under Senate Bill 92‼️ And they will be for the next TWO YEARS👏 Way to go California, let’s keep it going! THE MAJORITY OF US STATES still have the
#tampontax
🤦🏻♀️ we have work to do
@periodmovement
Got disowned by my grandma today. Apparently I don’t have Chinese values, and it’s offensive…so I’m coping by posting lots about
#periods
as always, and finding my voice again in this purpose work. And yes, breathing and being forgiving with myself.
@abbygov
@liliandaisies
@itsaugustco
Just posted ❤️ an apology video
Again, tysm for holding us accountable on this. We will be more mindful in future. In the video I also talk about some action steps we’re working on:
Can't believe it's almost been 5 years since I founded
@periodmovement
. Proud of what we have built, and ready to keep fighting -- we got work to do! Wrote this for
@Refinery29
in honor of this Friday being
#InternationalDayoftheGirl
!
@itsaugustco
is now LIVE!! Periods are powerful…and our period care should reflect that. So honored and excited to build with our
#innercycle
community.
MENSTRUATORS - a term NOT MEANT to dehumanize women or lessen their value to just their periods. It's a term to EMBRACE that not all women menstruate, and not all menstruators are women. MENSTRUATORS includes transgender men and nonbinary friends who might menstruate.
#PRIDE
@liliandaisies
@itsaugustco
(2/2 cont) As a survivor of DV and SA myself, I don't take this feedback lightly and am listening + eager to learn from this as we move forward. I appreciate you holding us accountable! Working on taking the video down across all platforms.
Appreciate your advocacy and work!
PERIODS DO NOT STOP FOR A PANDEMIC. We are shipping period products at NO COST, sending them to any service provider (shelters, food pantries, etc) around the US who requests them. For every $35 donated, we're able to cover shipping to serve 100 periods!
Staring down the
#tampontax
🦄 I feel like Period. Inc. is entering a new chapter. We’ve spent the last 5 years building this
#menstrualmovement
and showing the world what we’re capable of...and now we’re DEMANDING ACTION and REAL CHANGE.
"I'm always too much of something, always slightly on the outside. It always starts where we individually are and it's about building and coming together before we really branch out and create a larger community." -
@tywrent
one of the bravest people ever
#teenvoguesummit
THIS IS BIG! "Legislation that would allow women to buy menstrual hygiene products with money from health flexible spending accounts passed the House this week and now goes to the Senate as part of a broader, bipartisan bill to expand the accounts."
FINALLY! "Nevada became the 10th state to scrap the "tampon tax," (on period products). The decision by Nevada voters in the 2018 midterm elections is being praised by many who consider the tax on feminine hygiene products an unfair burden"
@periodmovement
JUST LAST YEAR I was making day trips to NYC from Harvard for meetings/had no money for hotels, so spent more than a few nights crashing in Chase bank lobbies and even Port Authority Bus Terminal, becoming semi-friends with the police who monitored the areas in the early morning.
COVER REVEAL! "In our digital and fast-moving world, this movement needs all hands on deck, and I have devoted my efforts to recruiting more young people to join our army of period warriors. Simply put, youth voice matters." Let's do this. PREORDER NOW!
#PERIODPOWER
is OUT TODAY!
@periodmovement
“I want the book to be a tangible way of declaring that the menstrual movement is a real thing...This isn’t just about students rallying anymore — this is a real social movement.” -- quote in PEOPLE MAG
OH MY GAWDDDD! Shook! Thank you so much
@InStyle
for including me in "The Badass 50" list. So honored and humbled to be included amongst some of my greatest role models: Michelle Obama, Rachel Maddow, Ariana Grande, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford... and more!
😂 LOL this picture kills me, but also warms my heart. So thankful to be able to do this work. When I started speaking at age 16, I felt so alone in my ambitions/experiences. Through sharing my story, I reclaimed my voice and my past for myself...
Go Scotland! The US has some catching up to do...
"The legislation would make tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places...at an estimated annual cost of 24.1m pounds ($31.2m)."
@periodmovement
We just got published in
@CNN
! Co-wrote an op-ed with the CEO of
@shethinx
@mmolland
about our national study on
#periodpoverty
in schools. "1 in 5 teens have struggled to afford period products/have not been able to purchase them at all"
@periodmovement
We couldn’t have done
#NationalPeriodDay
without every CHAPTER, RALLY ORGANIZER, COALITION PARTNER, SPONSOR, DONOR, and EVERY OTHER person who has helped build this
#periodfam
. ❤️
@periodmovement
🔴If faces were bleeding, someone would do something 🔴THIS SATURDAY is the first-ever
#NationalPeriodDay
. We're hosting rallies in all 50 states to demand menstrual equity and an end to the
#tampontax
. Find your local rally at .
@SeventhGen
@BBDOSF