“Period poverty” is a real thing. A study showed that girls and young women in the United Kingdom have a hard time affording sanitary products and the numbers are pretty staggering: 15% said they struggle to afford them at all, and 19% said they’ve changed over to cheaper products to cut down on costs.

Seems like a sad state of affairs, don’t you think?

That’s why this news is so encouraging. Scotland became the first country in the world to provide free pads and tampons to anyone who needs them in the country.

We joined @MonicaLennon7 and hundreds of others outside Parliament today in a rally ahead of the 'Period Products Free Provision (Scotland) Bill,' @Period_Poverty, debate in the chamber. Equal access to sanitary products is not a luxury! @EllaCFisher pic.twitter.com/2IAPnpP0Db

— Equality Network (@LGBTIScotland) February 25, 2020

The hope is that the decision will lead to other countries following suit and that menstrual hygiene will be viewed around the globe as a human right.

The law was introduced by Monica Lennon, who said,

“These are not luxury items.

They are indeed essential and no one in Scotland should have to go without period products.”

Scotland has been paving the way for this important decision for a while now. Two years ago, the country became the first in the world to offer free sanitary products to all students at schools and universities.

Happy #IWD2020 weekend from Scotland where we believe in free universal access to period products to anyone who needs them.

#freeperiodproducts @MonicaLennon7 https://t.co/UNVsdFxDMI

— FreePeriodProducts (@Period_Poverty) March 7, 2020

Some are hoping the movement takes hold in the United States as well.  New York Congresswoman Grace Meng said,

“The fact that there are people who aren’t able to afford these products, and as a result, may miss school, may miss work, face certain stigma — I think it’s a human rights issue that, especially in the United States of America, women should not have to be dealing with.”

As of now, there are only 15 states in the U.S. that offer sanitary products tax-tree. The new law in Scotland assures that these products will be available for free at youth centers, community centers, and pharmacies.

Here in Scotland there is a lot to be proud of.

challenging gender stereotypes in education
improving gender equality in the workplace
tackling violence against women and girls
providing access to free period products#InternationalWomensDay #EachforEqual pic.twitter.com/b6kHHmFBTD

— Scot Gov Fairer (@ScotGovFairer) March 7, 2020

What do you think about this? Would you like to see this happen in your country?

Tell us what you think in the comments!

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We are living in scary times right now. News about the coronavirus seems to escalate every single day, major events and are shutting down, and travel is being restricted around the globe.

We keep hearing about how we can try to stay healthy right now: wash your hands, don’t touch your face, avoid crowded places, etc. But what about the people on the front lines? What about the doctors and nurses who actually have to deal with sick people day in and day out? How do they protect themselves from patients that they know are ill?

There are certain protocols that doctors and nurses follow just like the rest of us.

First, they don’t touch a patient unless it’s absolutely necessary and they wash their hands before and after they deal with each individual patient.

Obviously, there are other ways that illnesses and diseases can be transmitted, especially when it comes to bodily fluids. That’s why Doctors and nurses go out of their way to never risk getting their bare skin to touch with a patient’s blood or any other kind of bodily fluid, even if the person has not tested positive for any kind of infection.

Health care workers will sometimes wear gloves and gowns to protect themselves from patients who are sick. If a person has an infection that spreads by coughing or sneezing, doctors and nurses might wear surgical masks and stand up to six feet away from patients to avoid any and all germs.

Health care workers also stay up-to-date on their immunizations, which helps them avoid sickness.

So the bottom line is that doctors and nurses use a combination of basic common sense and time-tested methods to avoid getting sick in places that jam-packed full of sick people.

Be safe out there and take every precaution you can to make sure you’re keeping yourself and those around you as healthy as possible.

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This is the type of true story that needs to be turned into a book or a movie ASAP.

On August 26, 1979, a family was exploring Buffalo Cave in Clark County, Idaho, expecting to uncover some arrowheads.

What they found instead buried in a shallow grave was shocking: a dismembered torso wrapped in a burlap sack.

The torso was clothed in dark pants, a pinstriped shirt, and a maroon sweater.

The identity of the body was a mystery to authorities. In 1991, a mummified hand was found in the same cave system. Later, an arm and two legs were all found wrapped in burlap as well. Because no head was found, the case remained cold, despite efforts by many organizations, including the FBI.

In 2019, authorities in Idaho reached out to the DNA Doe Network to see if the organization could help use forensic genealogy to help identify the remains. A genealogical tree was constructed and, with the use of historical records, the body was identified as a man named Joseph Henry Loveless who had escaped from jail in 1916.

Loveless was in jail for murdering his wife with an axe on May 5, 1916. He had already done time behind bars for bootlegging and had previously escaped jail by sawing through his cell’s bars. The murderer escaped again on May 18, 1916, and was never seen alive again. The “Wanted” poster for Loveless described him as wearing a red sweater and black pants, the same clothing found attached to the body in the cave.

Authorities in Clark County, Idaho, got a DNA sample from Loveless’ 87-year-old grandson in California. The sample proved that the grandson is the direct descendant of Loveless.

As for who murdered Joseph Henry Loveless after he escaped from prison, well that’s another mystery just waiting to be solved…

You can learn more about this fascinating case by reading through the official analysis HERE from Idaho State University.

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There are untold interesting true crime stories out there that it’s no wonder a decent amount of them get made into films.

There is a HUGE audience out there who likes to be scared as much as possible (myself included) and it seems like the market for these movies is only growing as time goes on.

Here are 10 films that were based on true, terrifying stories that you might want to add to your list if you are a true crime buff.

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1. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Based on a serial killer known as ‘The Phantom Killer’ that terrorized Texarkana in 1946 over the course of ten weeks. He attacked eight people and killed five of them…and was never caught.

The movie was remade as a loose adaptation in 2014.

2. An American Crime (2007)

This is a truly disturbing story about a 16-year-old girl who was tortured and eventually murdered by her guardian and neighborhood children in Indiana in 1965.

3. Murder By Numbers (2002)

The famous case of “thrill killers” Leopold and Loeb in the 1920s was the basis for this film.

The two wealthy young men kidnapped a killed a young boy in order to try to commit the perfect crime.

4. Bully (2001)

In 1993, a group of Florida teens murdered their friend Bobby Kent, who was prone to violent outbursts and bullying of his best friend, Marty Puccio.

This is a sleazy, creepy movie that shows the dark underbelly of suburbia in America.

5. Annabelle (2014)

Believe it or not, this creepy doll movie is based on a true story about two paranormal investigators in the 1960s who were asked to look into a possessed doll.

Yikes!

6. The Amityville Horror (1979)

The brutal murders and subsequent haunting of the Lutz family in the 1970s in their house in Amityville, Long Island, New York were the subject of a bestselling book and later this movie.

The film was remade in 2005.

7. Zodiac (2007)

The still-unsolved Zodiac murders that rocked the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s are the basis for this terrific movie from director David Fincher.

If you haven’t seen this movie, do yourself a favor and check it out?

8. In Cold Blood (1967)

Truman Capote’s classic book was turned into a movie a few years after its publication. The story is about two ex-convicts who killed a farm family in western Kansas because they thought the father had a large stash of money in the safe in the house.

The most interesting part of the film adaptation? They filmed the movie in the actual house where the murders took place in 1959.

9. Monster (2003)

Aileen Wuornos is probably the most well-known female serial killer in American history. She prowled seedy areas of Florida, working as a prostitute and murdering some of her male clients.

Wuornos was executed in 2002.

10. Bernie (2011)

This film that falls into the true crime and dark comedy categories starring Jack Black is based on the murder of a Texas woman named Majorie Nugent by her friend, Bernie Tiede.

How many of these movies have you seen?

Are there any films based on creepy, true events that you’d like to add to the list?

Let us know in the comments!

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NASA has been seen as kind of a boy’s club for years, but the fact is that women have contributed greatly to the agency for many decades.

Enjoy these great facts about women’s contributions to NASA.

1. Sally Ride taught them a lesson.

The late Sally Ride taught the boys at NASA a lesson before her historic space flight in 1983. The men who packed her things for her flight asked if 100 tampons would be enough for her weeklong trip.

Ride responded, “No. That would not be the right number” and cut that number in half.

2. Did you know this?

The American who has spent the most time in space is actually a woman. In 2017, astronaut Peggy Whitson became the astronaut to spend the most cumulative time in space when she broke the previous record of 534 days, 2 hours and 48 minutes.

In 2016, Whitson became the oldest woman to go to space at the age of 56 and became the first female to command the International Space Station TWICE.

Hats off to her.

3. The ladies were doing just fine.

Women actually outperformed famous astronaut John Glenn on pre-flight tests in the early 1960s. A group of women known as the Mercury 13 went through the same training and tests as Glenn and his fellow astronauts and did better than Glenn on some of the tests.

The women’s program was scrapped in 1962 before any of the women actually went to space. At the time, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was opposed to women going to space because he wanted the program to be led by strong, masculine men in that epic competition with the Soviets.

4. She was a trailblazer.

Kitty O’Brien Joyner became the first female engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1939 and then worked for NASA when the agency was established in 1958. She specialized in the mechanics of wind tunnels and her work helped to define modern aeronautics.

5. That’s a big imprint.

According to the latest statistics from NASA, a total of 59 women have flown in space, including 50 from NASA and 9 from other countries. The first woman to actually fly in space was Russian Valentina Tereshkova in 1963. Sally Ride became the first American woman to do so in 1983. The first female commander in space was Eileen Collins in 1999.

Those are pretty amazing facts about the contributions of women to our space program, wouldn’t you say?

Do you know some cool facts about the women of NASA?

If so, share them with us in the comments!

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Okay, okay, so it sounds like a sweet thing to say to a small child (unless you have more than one small child, and then, ouch), but if you’re someone who believes that your marriage and partner should come first – and that modeling that for your children is important – it’s not so much.

Now, I can’t say for sure that’s why this woman got so angry after overhearing what Dad thought was a nice thing to say and nothing more, but it could explain it?

He’s logged on to Am I The A**hole to be judged by a jury of random internet strangers, though, so here goes his story:

AITA for saying “I love you more than anything” to my daughter in front of my wife from AmItheAsshole

People are pretty split on this one, and it’s easy to see why.

That said, most people are coming down on the side of NTA (Not-The-A**hole) for this poor sap.

Personally, I think his wife was feeling super emotional for some reason (which is fine) and that he’s kind of a dick for calling her an irrational 3yo in the original post, but otherwise, this will blow over and they’ll both see that it was a silly thing to argue about eventually.

Do you agree? Not? Please share your reasons with us in the comments!

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Art can touch us in ways we don’t expect, and to make us think about everyday things – like all of the many relationships in our lives – in new and interesting ways.

That said, most people will not expect drawings that contain just two simple lines to hit them in the feels the way artist and illustrator Olivia de Reclat’s “Closeness Lines” do.

She uses just a few, simple lines that connect, diverge, and sometimes return to show how human relationships – from parent/child to a one night stand – evolve and influence us over time.

A minimalist drawing that represents closeness over time. from Damnthatsinteresting

The post has been upvoted on Reddit over 95k times and people just can’t believe how much thought the lines provoke.

For me, the way a child loops away from their parent, then returns, but ultimately has to continue alone really kicked me in the heart. Then there’s the way a first love is so close but only for a while…

And of course, the dog. They are as close to us as possible, but for far too short a time. Sniff.

People have thoughts on many of the relationships, and some of their comments are as good and deep as the original post.

As an artist, I think that the results of her thoughtful drawings are about all we can ask for – true engagement and conversation in return.

What are your favorite ones? Which ones really made you stop and take stock of your life? Please share with us in the comments so we can keep the discussion going!

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We adore our children regardless of their gender. This is a given, and yet most parents will also tell you that there’s a special connection between parents and children of the opposite sex.

Boys and their mamas. Little girls and their daddies. When those relationships are healthy, everyone involved is thriving in ways they never could have imagined.

And yes, while girls needed their mamas and little boys need emotionally strong and complex men to model after, this post is about celebrating the relationships between girls and their wonderful dads.

“Here’s to the girl dads.

Here’s to the guys who love hiking and fishing.

Who camp and build things with their hands.

Who have tattoos on their arms,

Here’s to the guys guy,

That now hold a little girl.

Thanks for pausing the wrestling matches to conduct tea parties.

Thanks for babysitting baby dolls,

And letting tiny hands,

Put polish on your big toes.

Here’s to the dads who watch princess movies,

And slow dance in the kitchen.

The dads who helped take off training wheels,

Who tighten seatbelt straps,

And fasten car seats in.

Who hold hands when crossing the street,

Who have spent so many years right now learning to hold on,

And will spend the rest of your lives learning to let go.

You are building hearts with your construction hands.

And I know a little girl who thinks the world of you.

So here’s to the girl dads,

Who give so much beauty to the word

Dad.”

These words bring a tear to the eye of every woman who had a wonderful dad, a man whose love and guidance and kindness shaped not only her, but informed the kind of man she would choose to parent her own babies.

And of course, to the eye of every woman who has a partner like this in raising a daughter – having that is a blessing that none of us would turn away if we had the chance.

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