Things You Didn’t Know About Periods
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Julia Austin
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You don’t have to suffer alone
“I was surprised and touched by how common many of the questions were,” says August cofounder Okamoto of some of the early focus groups conducted during the building of August. “It was inspiring to see how this actually built a shared connection amongst our community members and motivation to find the answers. So much of Ask August was built by interactions like this: someone finding the courage to ask a question, a number of other community members excitedly shouting ‘OMG same!’ and then their collective effort to find an answer.” Considering that the average woman will have 450 periods in her lifetime, we do need a space dedicated to just this one element of women’s health.
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