Moody Babes Unite: How CBD Can Help Balance Your Hormones
It’s not exactly breaking news that we love CBD at ohne HQ. We’ve talked about how we use it for period pain, headaches, and even
Yours Hormonally, Louisa
The eve before my 13th birthday, my Dad made a big spectacle of tightening the hinges of my door. I have a photo of him, taken on the disposable camera I had got to document my big day, bent down with a thumbs up, marking my coming of age with strengthening my door hinges. He was adamant that ...
Meet the ohne babes in rural Zambia
Did you know that Nikki, ohne's co-founder, used to live in Zambia? And that, while she was there, she worked with an incredible organisation called School Club Zambia, AKA ohne’s partner in fighting to end period poverty? So Nikki knows the organisation and the people...
Yours Hormonally, Bella
The other day at OHNE HQ we had a conversation about our periods (shocking, I know) and how we felt about them. While Leah and Nikki talked about how they’ve come to love their periods since educating themselves on me...
Nina Sever: “Before my period, my body feels like it doesn’t belong to me”
Nina Sever is an erotic artist based in London - and when we say artist, we mean artist. After eleven years working as a nude model, they now also work as a photographer, director, musician, and writer. They recently directed a film for Erika Lust, the independent adult filmmaker, and...
Yours Hormonally, Nikki
I’ve got an underactive thyroid, meaning that hormonal problems have pretty much always been a ‘thing’ for me. I never had much luck getting my GP to help me out with managing my thyroid problems. I got so bored of being told over and over again that I was ‘fine’ when I knew my body didn’t fee...
CBD and Me: Migraines, My Own Personal Everest
I have been a Headache Person for as long as I can remember. By which I mean, pain has been such a consistent feature in my life that it has become a part of my identity, a permanent fixture in the scenery of my life. I’ve had periods of my life where my chronic headaches have got so bad I cou...
“It took me ten years to get a diagnosis” Living With PCOS
This article was produced with the wonderful folk at The Unedit, who are running a whole bloody series in collaboration with OHNE about all things period-related. This month, we’re taking a deep dive into Endometriosis and PCOS - two of the most preval...
Gin Dates, Coffee Scrubs, and Coconut Oil with UpCircle’s Anna Brightman
Anna Brightman is the co-founder of UpCircle, an organic skincare company which uses leftover natural ingredients such as coffee grounds and brewed chai tea spices. We had a chat with her about cycle tracking, her skincare essentials, and why the best s...
What is Retrograde Menstruation?
I’m assuming that, while you may not have heard of retrograde menstruation, you have heard of Mercury retrograde. If you’re a human on the internet, you’ll have been subject to countless memes about it, irritated tweets by folks wishing...