In society, we pretty much only talk about the female menstrual cycle. Because it’s the one that brings life into the world, yes, but also because *sound the feminist alarm* the world has been built to treat men as the default; with anything to do with female biology being treated as deviant from...
You may have heard that eating to the seasons can be good for your health (and your budget) - winter vegetables in winter, pumpkin soup in autumn, salads in summer, you get the gist. But what about the seasons of your ...
You, us, and 2019. What a bloody year, babes. First up, a huge, huge thank you from the whole ohne team for all your support and all the bangin’ tampon selfies you’ve posted. We live for seeing you get your ohne deli...
It’s time to talk about discharge. Discharge normally refers to cervical mucus but can also be made up of day-old sperm and vaginal lubrication or arousal fluid too. Discharge changes throughout the menstrual cycle and getting to know your discharge can help you understand what’s happening to ...
Oof, December. With the stresses of the festive period piling up, work engagements and social engagements fighting the instinct to hibernate away from the cold, and the promise of a shiny new year dangling just over the horizon, ...
So you’ve done the maths, waged the internal war, consulted your feminist ancestors, and you’ve come to the conclusion that yes, actually, you would rather like to shave some/all of your body hair and it doesn’t make you any less of a bloody feminist, thank-you-very-much. Or maybe you never ha...
You’re probably aware that your hormones have great influence over your energy levels and mood. You might know that there are times of the month when you feel ‘hormonal’. And there might be times of the month where you don’t think about it all because you feel great and you’re busy living your...
First things first, I solemnly pledge to not use any euphemisms for vagina or vulva in this article. Topping the list of my pet-peeves is articles about vaginas, sex, or periods, in which the authors are afraid to use the words vagina, sex, or period. Neither will I use phrases like va...
When we created our pro-period CBD oil (the UK’s first, if ya didn’t already know) we wanted it to be more than just a CBD oil (lol at us saying “just”, as if CBD isn’t legitimately revolutionising our lives). We wanted it to be the ultimate period-perfecting elixir. A tall order, we know. And...
Hi OHNE babes. I’m Bella and I write about periods for a living. But until less than a year ago, I thought that Toxic Shock Syndrome, or TSS, was caused by periods. Like, not by tampons, not by external toxins entering the body (despite the name), but by period blood. By our own gross peri...
