Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab

Joining us this week on the Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab is Nadya Okamoto, a recent Harvard graduate and co-founder of August, a lifestyle brand working to reimagine periods. Our host, Jillian Foster, speaks with Nadya about why she created August in order to distribute more environmentally-conscious, ethically-sourced period care products. This episode digs into that and more as Nadya shares the fundamental difference between the words “period” and “menstruation”, the impact of hormonal birth control on our cycle, eliminating exclusive terms used to describe menstruation, and how period poverty stems from deeply rooted shame. Nadya’s work and this conversation highlights the systemic barriers that tower over us in regards to discussing periods and acknowledging that menstruation is, without a sliver of a doubt, a biological need.Connect with Nadya:Instagram: @nadyaokamotoTwitter: @nadyaokamotoJoin our movement for radically authentic, intentional, interconnected feminism inside Continuum Collective. Se