Worth a quick read! Needless to say we are over the moon with Tampon Tim! https://lnkd.in/gyPgBEmj
MoonPads
Retail Health and Personal Care Products
Austin, TX 338 followers
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About us
Femme owned organic, biodegradable period products. Dedicated to eradicating period poverty.
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http://www.ourmoonpads.com
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- Retail Health and Personal Care Products
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Austin, TX
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- Self-Owned
- Founded
- 2019
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Austin, TX 78721-2510, US
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Chengdu, Sichuan, CN
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This is the first Olympics to have 50% of athletes being menstruators… but it still isn’t easy!
How would you describe a world class athlete? ✅Confident ✅Concerned about their health ✅Will stop at nothing to achieve goals And yes... 64% of athletes at the highest levels say they have felt uncomfortable talking about their periods with their coaches, according to a recent survey by Knix and CANFund THAT is the extraordinary affect of PERIOD STIGMA! ♦️And it starts really early ♦️A study by Women in Sport found nearly eight in 10 (78%) of girls who said they used to like sports admitted they avoided taking part when on their period. ♦️Overall, seven in 10 girls said they avoided sport when menstruating, citing pain, tiredness and self-consciousness. Two-time World Cup Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist soccer player Megan Rapinoe is taking on period stigma, big time, along with Knix in the Sport Your Period campaign that is paying athletes to speak openly about their periods. Learn more at Knix and Sport Your Period. *This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Very well said. MoonPads tampons have only 1 ingredient : organic cotton. We don’t mess around. Our bodies deserve the best.
Exec. Dir./Co-Founder, Girls Helping Girls. Period.| Non-Profit Project Mgt. | Communications Strategy | Editorial Development | Content Creation
There is plenty of reporting available on the study that came out this week in Environment International entitled “Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s.” Here is what I am personally taking from this so far (hint: not much good): 1. It makes no sense to regulate tampons as medical devices but not ensure that ingredients are on the package, as dictated by the federal government, not the decisions of state legislatures. And regulation should include regular, independent testing. 2. While there is evidence of many potentially dangerous chemicals in the tampons we all purchase, this study does not provide any insight into the absorption of them by our bodies. Nonetheless, if this were contaminated water, we wouldn’t wait before switching to bottled water. BUT, making a switch to another means of managing menstruation is not available to millions of Americans. There is good reason we all should be concerned about the complications of period management as a result of this study; but for many, this is just one more issue in a devastating list of period poverty symptoms. 3. It is painfully clear that more research must be done, and the government’s action going forward will tell us a lot about its commitment to addressing systemic, longtime inadequacies concerning women’s health. 4. I’m not freaking out about tampon use alone… at least not any more than I’m freaking out about exposure to a whole range of dangerous chemicals in the soil where my food grows, the water I drink, the products used to clean the public spaces I visit, the packaging that literally every “safe” thing I purchase now contacts. One possible good thing that comes of this is enlightening more people to the lack of attention on women’s health. What comes of it? (sigh) Hopefully something… https://lnkd.in/eV2UrQCb
Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s
sciencedirect.com
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Thank you Startup San Diego, MoonPads 🌙 was grateful to be part of the always fabulous 1st Mondays. Held at UC San Diego Design and Innovation Building this past Monday.
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When women lead, bias often follows, shares documentarian Robin Hauser. In her TED Talk, she dives into the dilemma between competence and likability faced by women in leadership roles, looking at how unconscious bias and gendered thinking distort what it means to be a good leader. “I wish I could offer you a cure to unconscious bias. But we need to disrupt stereotypes and redefine what it is to be a leader and a woman.” 🎥 TED Conferences
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🩸🌏 Can you believe it? Bhutan's Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, himself joins the countdown to Menstrual Hygiene Day! While he keeps it relatable, sharing his perspective as a man, his participation highlights a crucial point: a #PeriodFriendlyWorld is deeply political. #PeriodFriendlyBhutan #MHDay2024
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The San Diego community showed up in full force for the book launch of "The Profiteers: How Business Privatizes Profits & Socializes Costs" with Christopher Marquis last night. We heard insightful conversations with Christopher, as well as local San Diego B Corp Leaders Kristin Carroll with Rescue | The Behavior Change Agency, Jesse Langley with Lotus Sustainables, Kevin Terry Lee with Dr. Bronner's, and Abraham Chen, MBA with Classy. We owe a big thank you to our co-hosts at the Kroc School at the University of San Diego, Paula A. Cordeiro and Frances Laviscount, as well as our impact village participants and community partners: The Conrad Prebys Foundation, Conscious Capitalism, Inc., Mission Edge, Cause Conference San Diego, Better Business Bureau, Real Leaders, Business For Good San Diego, Dr. Bronner's, KOA+ROY LLC, MoonPads, Boochcraft, Offset Alliance | a Certified B Corp. If you're excited to see this incredible community again soon, catch us on June 12 at Boochcraft (12841 El Camino Real, Suite 302) from 5-7pm for our next B Happy Hour! Allison Arnzen, Stacey Nelson Smith, Sam Mazzeo, Katherine Stolin, Annika Perry
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We are so grateful for the work of our interns from Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University for their Marketing research for our company. Big thanks to each of the interns and Erlinde Cornelis for leading a Sustainable Marketing course! I am happy to see the next generation of entrepreneurs driving business towards good.
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