127: How Your Menstruation Is Regulated in America w/ Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Energized with Dr. Mariza

Dr. Mariza Snyder

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 974 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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What we're talking about in this episode Examining the conversation around the taxation and profitability of menstrual products Tips to get more involved in advocacy and how to commit to policy change Ways that you can get your legislators talking about the economics of menstruation How to embrace the political aspect of periods and remove the stigma Exploring the lack of access to menstruation products in America and on a global scale Episode Summary Did you know that there are women in the US right now who cannot afford or gain access to menstrual supplies? The passion to bring awareness to menstrual product accessibility for women and girls all over the world is one I share with today's guest, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf. A gender, politics and menstruation advocate, attorney and the architect of the US campaign to squash the tampon tax, Jennifer is taking her dedication and expertise to the policies and laws that we live our lives by. Over a dozen states have taken action towards menstrual accessibility in the past four years since Jennifer started working on this issue, and 32 have taken steps to eliminate the tampon tax. Jennifer is moving the needle in policy and actually moving lawmakers to action through vocabulary, framework, tools, and most importantly, support from women like you. Jennifer works to open up the conversation around the lack of access to menstrual products in the United States, and wants to ensure that menstruating does not pose an obstacle in people's lives regardless of their age, race, or social status. By putting the issues around menstruation in front of legislators in a way they can understand, Jennifer expresses her civic duty to get everyone fully engaged in the conversation. It is time to change how menstruation exists in our public spheres and change the policy our government creates in order to accomplish global and locally appropriate solutions. Our current policies and laws do not reflect our wellbeing or our reality, and it is only through becoming involved in advocacy that you can be more represented in your legal structures and in turn push the issues you believe in into the limelight. Resources Mentioned Periods Gone Public by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf Follow Jennifer on Twitter Tax Free. Period. Website Period Equity Website Days for Girls Website Other Resources: The Essential Oils Hormone Solution by Dr. Mariza Check out the full show notes page Keep up with everything Dr. Mariza Follow Dr. Mariza on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0	policy change not only helps the widest swath of people and that once we change our
0:37.4	laws we can change the realities for everybody but it goes towards this bigger
0:42.1	idea that we need to ensure that menstruation and other aspects
0:47.0	of our lives are destigmatized, aren't marginalized, so supporting policy does both.
0:53.0	Welcome back to the Essentially You podcast, all about reinventing your health
0:59.0	with safer, cheaper, more effective natural solutions and powerful lifestyle changes so that you
1:06.2	become the CEO of your health.
1:09.1	I am your host Dr. Marissa Snyder. Do you find yourself aligning with something bigger than yourself?
1:17.2	Maybe it's a mission you were born to support. From a very early age, probably in my late teens, I always wanted to work with women and help women step into their greatest capacity.
1:27.5	And I remember when I was sick with my hormone issues, I thought I lost that capacity.
1:32.0	So when I got well, I knew that I was going to focus on
1:34.8	women's hormone health. When we are healthy we show up for our family, for our
1:40.2	friends, for our businesses, we can conquer the world.
1:44.6	As simple as this mission is, I've learned a lot of other ways
1:47.9	to support women, especially around the world too.
1:51.7	Next month, drum roll please. I will be hosting my second annual
1:56.2	Women's Hormones Summit during the third week of October and I believe the
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