The Ordeals in a Menstruator’s Journey
Uma Prue Marma is from Kuhalang Union in Bandarban Sadar Upazila. Age: 14. She didn’t know...
Category Archives: Menstrual Health
“PERIODS! There, I Said It!”
Every month, millions of women worldwide face a depressing cycle of severe pain, cramps and mood...
That Time of The Month For The Men in Menstruation
Imagine sitting with your family, watching a great film and suddenly the commercial breaks sweep right...
Bursting The Bubble of Period Stigma
‘Periods’ are still a taboo in many parts of India and a mere mention of them...
Walk on the Road to a Period-Positive World
As I bathe under the abode of a plethoric starry sky in mystique’Hearing my laughs echo...
Jab My Gynec Met My Cup!
For this essay, I browsed through my journal and my notes-app for details of the first...
How Pop Culture References Can Normalize the Period Talk
This is a winning entry of our writing contest on “Periods and Popular Culture” by Purvi Vaswani. Since a...
Ok Google, Why does My Period Look Like This?
I think technology has had a positive effect on periods and menstruation. Technology has helped to...
Educational Comic Book To Teach Girls About Periods!
How Tech-Savvy can your periods get?
I had my submission the next day. I had to give a presentation. The entire night...
Has Technology Done Away With The Hush Culture Around Periods ?
This is a winning entry of our writing contest on “Periods and Technology” by Aashma Surlakar Menstruation is...
Growing Up With Period Trackers and Period Memes
This is a winning entry of our writing contest on “Periods and Technology” by Saranya Sivakumar I grew...
Periods and The Science of Everything
In 2006 a person named Arunachalam Muruganantham visited IIT Madras to register his invention for the...
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Women and Men, Bonding and Standing in Understanding
Poem’s inspiration: Menstruation had always been an uncomfortable aspect of my life. However, one day I...
Five Fingers and Five Days in Every Month; I Bleed, Bleed, and Bleed
My physical anatomy wrapped in sensation, A pleasure, pain, and a tale of guilt, Social norms...
Her Bloody Sunrise: “Embracing All It Means To Be Female”
i. dark, cold, and damp she sits curled in her precious cave, glistening with stalagmites of...
Periods Through the Eyes of a Toilet Cleaner
Hi! I’m a toilet cleaner working in a college, and I am here to tell you...
जागरुकता और जानकारी: किशोरावस्था के महत्वपूर्ण पहलू
यह बचपन भी ना, कितना कुछ सिखा देता है! हंसना, रोना, जीतना, हारना; लेकिन बाढ़ती उम्र...
Why Be Silent About Something So Loud As Red?
The former host of the Great British Bake-off, writer Sandi Toksvig once spoke about an anthropology...
The Shame and Glory of Periods and Womanhood
This is a winning entry of our writing contest on “Periods and Mental Health”, by Iravati...
PMDD (a severe form of PMS) Can Lead to Serious Postpartum Blues. Here’s How She Dealt With It!
This is a winning entry of our writing contest on ‘Periods and Mental Health’, by Namitha...