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It is a form of menstrual activism that destigmatizes periods by drawing attention to periods. 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Free bleeding aims to make periods visible, refusing to hide away a natural experience. Free bleeding has also been used to challenge period shame and taboos and to protest the high prices of, and taxes on, period products (2).\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"When you hear about free bleeding, you might think, “What about all that laundry and blood stains?” But there are lots of ways to free bleed. Some people practice free bleeding by sitting on a towel to help with absorbance on \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{\"target\":{\"sys\":{\"id\":\"4qbkbUS0kweSg8YgqmG2sM\",\"type\":\"Link\",\"linkType\":\"Entry\"}}},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"underline\"}],\"value\":\"heavier days\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"entry-hyperlink\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\", while others just bleed into their leggings. 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The free bleeding movement pushes back on using disposable period products, like tampons, because of concerns about the amount of period products that end up in landfills (3). \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"But where did the free bleeding movement come from? 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