(L-R) Angel Reese, Marsai Martin and Flau’jae Johnson partner with Tampax for its “A Better Way to Period” Campaign.Photo:Tampax
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Marsai Martinwants women to know that period healthishealth.
“I chose to partner with Tampax because of how important just talking about period health is,” Martin tells PEOPLE exclusively. “When it comes to me being a young Black girl and having to go to set or do these vacations or just basically live my life, I knew for me, before I started talking openly about my period journey, it could make me insecure.”
“It could be a little, ‘I don’t know if I want to talk about that’ because of how not normal it is to talk about it,” theBlack-ishactress continues. “It’s so intimate and it has to do with something that everybody has, but for some reason nobody wants to say anything about it.”
“When I saw how many people weren’t speaking up about it and using their voice, I was like, ‘If I’m feeling this way, I know that so many other teenagers and girls that are going through this are also feeling the same way,’” says Martin about why she decided toopen up about her period experiences.
(L-R) Angel Reese, Marsai Martin, Dr. Nicole Sparks OB/GYN and Flau’jae Johnson are parterning with Tampax for its “A Better Way to Period Campaign.".Tampax
“I am grateful enough to have a platform where I can use my voice and work with amazing people like Tampax to spread the narrative and change and break boundaries to be able to have openly expressive conversations like this,” theLittlestar adds. “I know for me it was hard in the beginning, but now, I’m truly, truly grateful with the journey.”
Through Tampax’s campaign — which is also in partnership with college basketball champions Angel Reese and Flau’jae Johnson, and Dr. Nicole Sparks OB/GYN — “medically accurate period and tampon education” will be distributed to women and girls across the country. The campaign aims to correct misinformation around period products such as tampons, according to a press release.
“Me and my family talk about it all the time of how much that isn’t spoken in our world, especially in the Black community,” Martin tells PEOPLE. “I think to be able to speak up about that and talk to so many women out there that are either going through the same thing or feel like they need to connect to something is very important.”
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As for what advice she would give young women dealing with menstruation, she urges them to “Use your voice. Talk to somebody that you trust. I know for me, that’s my mom, my grandparents, even my dad. Talk to your support system, be able to use your voice.”
Adds Martin, “I know it can be scary, but it’s way better to open up and speak up and go through those experiences more than not know what’s happening with your body.”
source: people.com
