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Tampons, Taxes, and Taboo: The Cost of a Period

2024/11/6
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Nadia Okamoto：我致力于终结月经贫困，并改变人们对月经的看法。从创立August品牌到竞选公职，我的所有努力都与月经问题息息相关。我经历过月经贫困的现实，这让我意识到月经用品的可及性问题，以及对月经的污名化。在学校，经期用品曾成为欺凌和羞辱的目标。我尝试过从内部改变现有公司，但最终决定自己创业，创立August品牌，生产更环保、更优质的经期用品。在创业过程中，我面临过资金短缺、产品生产和市场营销等诸多挑战，也经历过精神健康方面的崩溃。我公开分享我的经历，包括在社交媒体上展示带有经血的卫生巾照片，旨在消除月经污名化。我认为经期用品税是不公平的，消费者不应该为此买单。我积极参与倡导取消经期用品税的运动，并与其他品牌合作，共同努力。我坚信商业可以兼顾盈利和社会责任，August品牌的成功证明了这一点。未来，我希望看到更多品牌关注社会责任，并以更可持续的方式运营。 主持人：本期节目讨论了月经贫困和经期用品税等问题，并采访了August品牌联合创始人Nadia Okamoto。Nadia Okamoto分享了她从对月经的羞耻感，到成为月经贫困倡导者的经历。她谈到了创立非营利组织和August品牌的历程，以及在创业过程中遇到的挑战和经验。她还讨论了经期用品税的不公平性，以及取消经期用品税对解决月经贫困问题的重要性。Nadia Okamoto的经历和观点，为我们理解月经问题以及女性健康权益提供了新的视角。

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Nadya Okamoto shares her vivid memory of getting her first period at age twelve and the awkwardness of discussing it with her father.
  • Nadya's first period was at age twelve.
  • She vividly remembers the experience and the lack of detailed information about periods.
  • Her mother made the experience celebratory, emphasizing its naturalness.

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On today’s episode of Networth and Chill, I chatted with the co-founder of August and content creator Nadya Okamoto. Nadya is on a mission to end period poverty, one tampon or pad at a time. Through her brand August and her own personal content creation, Nadya is working to normalize menstruation because hey, it’s 2024, half the world will get a period in their lifetime! From starting her business, to running for office (yes!), Nadya walks me through how everything she does leads back to periods and why she’ll never stop talking about them!

Want better pads and tampons? Check out August at itsaugust.co/)

Follow Nadya at: @nadyaokamoto) @itsaugust)

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