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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Yvonne Tang

Dear Men: Female products cost more, and it doesn’t make sense

Yvonne Tang September 14, 2020
The “pink tax” is a subtle form of gender discrimination, with little to no economic reasoning. The shockingly slow legislation relief for this unfair pricing places a significant burden on women.
EDITORIAL: If BU provides free condoms, why can’t they provide free tampons?

EDITORIAL: If BU provides free condoms, why can’t they provide free tampons?

Editors October 10, 2018

A significant portion of Boston University’s student population relies on menstrual products, yet the administration fails to recognize these products as a basic hygiene necessity warranting free access...

Boston University students bring nonprofit organization PERIOD to BU to spread menstrual health awareness. PHOTO BY JACKIE O'BRIEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students bring menstrual health advocacy club to BU

Isabel Owens November 9, 2017

Two Boston University students are introducing a chapter of PERIOD., a national organization promoting menstrual health, to BU’s campus. Eudora Olsen, programs director at PERIOD., said this is...

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