If you're trying to be healthy, you read the labels on the food you eat, but do you ever check the ingredients on your tampon box? LOLA is out to change that with it's 100%-cotton feminine products. Co-Founder Alex Friedman joins Cheddar to discuss how her company is getting rid of the stigma surrounding talking about periods.
Friedman says LOLA is changing the way women talk about their periods, simply by encouraging them to do so. The company offers customizable assortments delivered to your door via a subscription service. She explains the difficulties in marketing a product that people are so resistant to discuss.
The brand is introducing its first category introduction outside feminine care. Cramp Care uses holistic products to relieve menstrual cramps. Friedman also shares how LOLA is donating 1,000's of tampons and pads to NYC homeless shelters this Gal-entine's Day.
After serving an in-school suspension over his hairstyle, a Black high school student in Texas immediately received the same punishment when he arrived at school Monday wearing his hair as before in twisted dreadlocks tied on top of his head, his mother said.
Jackie Siegel, best known for her 2012 documentary 'The Queen of Versailles,' joined Cheddar News to reflect on the death of her daughter due to a drug overdose. She also discussed how she's using her platform to advocate for awareness of overdoses and to help with prevention.
