Nadya Okamoto on Tackling Period Poverty, Going Viral For Posting Menstrual Blood On TikTok and Pad vs. Tampon Girlies

Today we’re chatting with the iconic and badass gen-z period activist Nadya Okamoto. Beginning in high school Nadya founded Period, a non-profit organization aimed at tackling period poverty and donating menstrual hygiene products to those in need. While a student at Harvard, Nadya wrote the book Period Power: A Manifesto For the Menstrual Movement and even ran for office in local government!  Determined to make menstrual hygiene products sustainable and manufacturing processes transparent, Nadya co-founded August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. What hasn’t this 25 year old done! Nadya has gone more than viral on TikTok (with over 4M followers) for her vulnerable and shameless conversations around menstruation, even showcasing her pads absorbency technology with her own real period blood! We are in awe of Nadya’s fortitude, passion and selflessness and can’t wait for you to learn more about this Forbes 30 Under 30 role model.  Show Notes: Go to Looni.co/FEMME or use code FEMME at checkout for 20% off your first order! Website: www.itsaugust.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadyaokamoto/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/itsaugust/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadyaokamoto?lang=en Website: www.femmefarmacy.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/femmefarmacy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@FemmeFarmacy/channels Produced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices