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What's The Big Deal - Tampon Tax

What's The Big Deal - Tampon Tax

In early June, the Australian Senate voted to keep the tax on women’s sanitary products. The move slipped almost completely unnoticed under the plethora of issues and controversies that surrounded this year’s budget. In Australia, sanitary products are subject to a goods and services tax (GST) w...
"Dealing with the blood: A luxury or a right?"

"Dealing with the blood: A luxury or a right?"

It is our pleasure to have received this extremely relevant paper from one of our followers, Ashlee Duhamel! She has created this topical piece that discusses menstruation as a taboo, and explores the jovial experience of nursing that-time-of-the-month. We’d also like to commend Ashlee's ability...
Business As Usual

Business As Usual

October has been a very exciting month for the team at TABOO! Being the first month that the Directors and Creative Director have been in the same country in over 6 months, we hit the ground running and couldn’t wait to start the next phase of TABOO. Our number one priority for October was to f...
TABOO takes the Clipsal 500

TABOO takes the Clipsal 500

OK, be honest. How many of you immediately think of pads and tampons when you hear the words ‘Clipsal 500’? I imagine that comes to approximately zero people - I certainly didn’t! But... there is a method to our madness here at TABOO, so please keep reading, and give us a chance to convince you ...
A Pen is Mightier Than Any Sword

A Pen is Mightier Than Any Sword

It was nearly a year ago that I saw these seemingly simple, but ultimately profound, words inscribed onto the outer wall of a school in India; the defined blue characters standing out from the otherwise peeling painted concrete. The more time went on, the more I pondered. What if centuries of co...