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Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle

Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.

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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India

Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.

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Sharing breastmilk with parents

Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.

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‘Jessy’, a film about cerebral palsy

How the 1950s British film industry portrayed this disease.

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  • Bamboo shoots with water : Swallow brand / product of The Continental Commercial Cannery Company.
  • Nepal; agriculture and subsistence in the Khumbu, 1986. Sherpa with young yak. The economic emphasis of the Khumbu is on animal husbandry, and the breeding and tending of yaks and cattle was an important occupation when this photograph was taken. Yaks command a good price. On walled, flat terraces, Sherpas cultivate their staple diet of potatoes, barley, buckwheat, and in lower areas, rice. In this picture, taken at altitude 2900 metres, the land sustains the commercial cultivation of medicinal herbs although increases in production are limited by environmental degradation, largely through soil erosion.
  • The Daily Mirror beauty book / by an eminent M.D.
  • Mentha x piperita (Peppermint)
  • Pexicon : an all-the-year-round product : makes jam set like magic / The Pexicon Company.
  • Pexicon : an all-the-year-round product : makes jam set like magic / The Pexicon Company.
  • Pexicon : an all-the-year-round product : makes jam set like magic / The Pexicon Company.
  • Pexicon : an all-the-year-round product : makes jam set like magic / The Pexicon Company.
  • Pexicon : an all-the-year-round product : makes jam set like magic / The Pexicon Company.
  • Pexicon : an all-the-year-round product : makes jam set like magic / The Pexicon Company.
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