Wang: Cosmopolitan had an editorial policy against covering periods in 2015
Lauren Wang · How The Flex Company disrupted menstrual care (with founder & CEO Lauren Wang) | Masters of Scale · Dec 5, 2024 · at 6:51
Lauren Wang, CEO of The Flex Company, explains how menstrual taboos suppressed media coverage and health research.
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“Even Cosmo magazine in 2015 had an editorial policy to not write about periods.”
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