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Amazing Newspaper Ad Highlighting Period Poverty

Kottke 16 July 2026 6h ago
Amazing Newspaper Ad Highlighting Period Poverty
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Relevance
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Brand Signal
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To draw attention to the millions of girls who cannot afford period products, the MENstruation Foundation ran a unique advertisement in three major South African newspapers. Readers of The Star, The Mercury and Cape Times opened their newspapers this week to find something deeply uncomfortable: period blood stains on the front page, seeping through to the pages beneath — as if the newspaper itself
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