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The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Molly Myers reaches for tampons. Photo taken by Milca Elvira Chacon outside the Wildcat Food Pantry on April 24, 2024.

The forbidden tampon: making the case for cardboard

Molly Myers, Managing Editor // April 28, 2024

I’m asking all the ladies to step their pussies up, and switch to cardboard tampon applicators. The applicator, which is inside the vagina for MAYBE one second, creates an incredible amount of waste....

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GSEC’s upcoming Period Week: Breaking ‘stigma-taboo surrounding periods’

Ariana Powell, City Editor // March 2, 2023

Chico State’s Gender and Sexuality Equity Coalition wants to hold open a conversation between vagina-owning members of society and those who don’t know what a period is like through Period Week, from...

Period Sex; don't knock it till you try it

Period Sex; don’t knock it till you try it

Rayanne Painter // September 4, 2018

Sex is bound to get messy. Bodily fluids, lube and sweat are all mixed up in heavy breathing, tangled hair and hey- maybe you break some furniture once in a while. This is no surprise as sex brings back...

Mikaela "Mikie" Wiedman, GSEC women's program coordinator, is organizing the Let's Talk About Periods event at Chico State. Photo credit: Kelsi Sibert

GSEC hosts Let’s Talk About Periods, brings focus to women’s health

Kelsi Sibert // March 6, 2018

For the past three years, Chico State's Gender and Sexuality Equality Center has hosted an event focusing on menstruation and women's health. This year it's called Let's Talk About Periods. Let's Talk...

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