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Publication: The Maroon, , Loyola University - New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Sarah Schuler, musical theatre senior, was in rehearsal when her period came unexpectedly. With no access to menstrual products, Schuler said she turned to wadded up toilet paper to stop the bleeding.
“It’s a very embarrassing experience to have to need period products and to not be able to have access to them,” the musical theatre senior said.
Raeann Koehler, studio arts junior, said her in-class experiences without period products have also been uncomfortable.
“You have to ask multiple people and going around the room frantically making sure you are not bleeding through your pants or making a mess,” Koehler said.
For Koehler, a lack of availability of period products was not only an issue in the classroom. When she lived on campus, she said The Market in the Danna Center would occasionally run out of menstrual products, leaving her to rely on her floormates.
Assistant Journalism Professor Lisa Collins became aware of the effect the lack of access to period products had after students came into...