August

As we wrap up Pride Month, we're reflecting on the importance of gender inclusive language when talking about the menstrual experience💞🌈🩸🏳️⚧️ Shoutout to our partnerships this month: Taimi: LGBTQ+ Dating App who we collaborated on a specialty box of products (10% of proceeds are going to Point of Pride), No More Secrets Mind Body Spirit Inc. and GLSEN✅ All of these organizations are doing amazing things for marginalized menstruators seeking out education, wellness support and period products🩸 Happy Pride, this month and every month after! p.s. here's a glimpse into #NYCPride: https://lnkd.in/esKRB2R7 #ItsAugust #Pride #OnMyPeriod #InnerCycle #community

Last month, our co-founder Nadya O. embarked on a cross-country road trip to visit Target stores that stock August period products and meet members from our lovely community. Read this Modern Retail recap about our latest guerrilla marketing initiative: https://lnkd.in/eKNUvb9r #GuerrillaMarketing #StartUp

CELEBRATING 3 YEARS OF AUGUST PRODUCTS🎉 Nothing makes us happier than reading DMs or comments like: ��I’ve never had a good experience with pads til I tried August”, or "my daughter & all her friends are actually EXCITED about getting their first period because of August" 🥹 We've said it before and we'll say it again: everything we do is for & by our community. Couldn't be more thankful to be on this journey to reimagine period care for EVERYONE who menstruates. With love,  Team August

content + community, that's what it's all about! Before we even launched products in June 2021, we had spent nearly a year growing our community (on Geneva) to ~1000 people who, first and foremost, were passionate about reimagining period care for ALL menstruators. We discussed period taboos, lack of education, and generational stigma. And, together, created content to share our learnings + invite more people to join the movement. Then, as we developed our first line of period care, we polled this network and designed tampons, pads and liners to fill the identified gaps. Since June 2021 you'll see all the same destigmatizing content, just ft. our high-quality, easy-to-use, sustainably-minded products. Content has been our everything: a way to connect, a way to market, and a way to grow. (thanks for the shoutout Kait Stephens, honored to be mentioned in such good company)

Halfway through my drive across the country hosting meet ups and focus groups to talk to people about periods and August. Hosted this morning in Lubbock, TX and currently making the 5 hour drive to Dallas for a meet up at Target 🎯 this evening! Can’t wait to put everything I’m learning into practice. Big unlocks coming 🔑 #augusttarget

Our collab box with Taimi: LGBTQ+ Dating App launched on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia but we're carrying this initiative forward into June (& beyond) to provide support to EVERYONE who menstruates! By purchasing this box, the support is being paid forward as 10% of proceeds go to Point of Pride🏳️⚧️ (a nonprofit organization providing life-changing healthcare access for trans folks) Bring on June🌈

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024 recap!🎉 This year, we dedicated MH Day to taking down the #TamponTax. South Carolina recently abolished it, bringing the tally of States where the unfair sales tax is still imposed to 20. This progress is HUGE – if you consider that back in 2016, 41 States still had it in place. Day of Action in Arkansas: Nadya O. joined forces with Arkansas Period Project to host a discussion about menstrual equity @ the local library in Little Rock, collect signatures to take down the #TamponTax in Arkansas (they need 72,500 by July), and venture to a nearby Target store to gift everyone August period products🩸 Join the fight in Arkansas here: https://lnkd.in/dZ4kGFyt Donation Days to Period Law: This year, we partnered with the lawyers of the menstrual equity movement to support their legal efforts at taking down the #TamponTax in the remaining 20 states. 20% of every purchase made on itsaugust.co between May 27th-28th is being automatically donated to Period Law, with no extra cost to our customers. Watch this video ft. Suzanne Herman, Esq. (Legal Dir. Period Law) to hear more: https://lnkd.in/etTzpUsR Tampon Taxback: And lastly, we're continuing to PAY BACK our community whenever they're charged the Tampon Tax when shopping for August products. Today, and every other day, we believe in period product accessibility - sign up to get reimbursed at TamponTaxback.com 💸💬 Hopefully NEXT YEAR we'll be celebrating that all 50 States have abolished the Tampon Tax!🤞 #TAMPONTAXBACK #AxTheTax #AbolishTheTamponTax

We're officially a few days into our national #AugustTarget tour! Next stop, Salt Lake City! Hosting meet ups and Target visits to go see August in store. Dm me your email/city if you're in any of these cities and down to meet up :)

🎤 Join us for an inspiring keynote session at the PRWeek Healthcare Conference on May 21 in NYC! 🗽 August cofounder, Nadya O. will sit down with PRWeek senior reporter Jess Ruderman to discuss breaking the stigma around periods and promoting equity in menstruation products. Don't miss this enlightening keynote session, get your tickets today! https://lnkd.in/gxEYVDm4 #PeriodEquity #BreakingStigma #PRWHealthcareAwardsUS #healthcarecomms #healthcareprofressionals #healthcareexcellence #healthcarecommunications

Wouldn't be where I am today without all the cold emails I sent pestering people I admire. Forever thankful to everyone who has ever responded / continues to respond! Sat down with Elite Daily to talk about starting my career as a student in high school and continuing through college. And how I ended up here building August! https://lnkd.in/ev6tG5_t