People Are Taking Selfies With Tampons To End Stigma Around Periods Once And For All

First there was the No Makeup Selfie, then there was the Ice Bucket Challenge. Now, there's a new social media craze taking over our Twitter feeds, with an equally important purpose.

People are taking photos of themselves with tampons and posting them online in support of the #JustATampon campaign.

The campaign, ran by V.Point in partnership with Plan UK, aims to get men and women talking about menstruation in order to tackle stigma around periods both here in the UK and abroad.

Famous faces including Jon Snow, Cathy Newman, Carol Smillie and Jenny Eclair are among those posting the snaps to Twitter.

The selfies are just one part of the #JustATampon campaign. V.Point has also created a hilarious video exposing how little men know about periods here in the UK, while Plan UK is inviting members of the public to donate £3 in order to support women abroad.

"Your donation could help support our menstrual health work in the developing world and our project dedicated to transforming girls lives. Just £3 can provide a girl in Uganda sanitary towels for a year," the Plan UK website states.

"Donations will help tackle discrimination faced by girls globally, not just around menstrual hygiene but other issues they face including child marriage and female genital mutilation."

You can donate £3 by texting TAMPON to 70007 or donating online here.

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What Hollywood Calls Your Period

'Clueless': 'Surfing The Crimson Wave'(01 of03)

One of the many reasons to love "Clueless" and it's heroine, Cher, are these words from the beginning of the movie: "Mr. Hall, I was surfing the crimson wave. I had to haul ass to the ladies'." That will be the last time Mr. Hall publicly asks her why she's late.The movie was an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma," where of course such a direct referral to menstruation would be hard to find, but it is fair to note that with so many female characters in a single novel, it is no wonder that some were "indisposed" from time to time.You can find the sound clip here. (credit:Paramount)

'Forgetting Sarah Marshall': 'Time Of The Month'(02 of03)

The protagonist Peter's ex-girlfriend Sarah Marshall has a television show, "Crime Scene: Scene of the Crime" in the comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." "Crime Scene" is an hilarious exaggeration of the overuse of puns and mind-bending catch phrases on crime scene shows.In the clip from the show that Peter ends up having to watch on his way to Hawaii, Detective Hunter Rush has a very unique answer to why there is an excessive amount of blood on the victim, "He was either stabbed in the aorta or it was his time of the month." Who says a little period humor can't lighten the mood at a crime scene?You can watch the clip here. (credit:Anyclip)

'Juno': 'The Rag'(03 of03)

It's not surprising to see menstruation included in "Juno," a movie that revolves around a young woman's first sexual experience, childbirth and motherhood.In one of the scenes, Paulie and Juno end up being lab partners with a rather tense couple. After the girl declares that she has a "menstrual migraine," they get into an argument with her boyfriend who says, "Call me when you get off the rag!" Seeing a teenager use such a dated term and Juno's expression when she hears it together make this one of Hollywood's unforgettable period euphemism moments.Watch it here. (credit:Fox Searchlight Pictures)

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