Me-No-Pause! — Yes, You Can Before the onset of menarche and after menopause, a woman’s body is the same non-blood excreting vessel. This, however, does not make one empty. Yet the long years which fall in between the two processes change how women see this blood and their bodies. So much that bleeding to death […]
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How Effective Is School Menstrual Hygiene Management? Winkler (2020) puts the discussion about menstruation in the intersection of class, caste, physiology, psychology, and sexuality into the academic collection Beauty in Blood. The range of topics which it brings into its ambit puts it down clearly that the act of making policies for menstrual hygiene management
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5 Conditions That Mess With Menstruation Probing into the concept of menstruation, it has always been looked upon negatively. Stemming from cultural beliefs about bodily fluids and processes, it has been taboo. Thus resulting in stigmatization and further affecting menstruators’ health and well-being. The lack of awareness around different menstrual disorders has led to many
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Painting It Red: An Interview with Ananya Chhaochharia Ananya Chhaochharia is an intersectional feminist working at the crossroads of gender and politics. She started an NGO, Paint it Red, to combat the challenge of period stigma and to create access to sustainable menstrual products. In conversation with Gaurvi Narang, she gives us a glimpse into her
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So-cite-all misfits? Every pubescent girl and woman of slightly older age groups are expected to Stayfree, but they are still Whispering (pun intended!) While menstruating is a monumental achievement that tells a girl she has transformed into a woman, for the society and the girl’s parents, she has entered a dangerous stage for the rest of her
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Saga of Myth, Mystery and Misunderstanding Even in the age of artificial intelligence, period myth, mystery, and superstitious beliefs continue to denigrate people. When the world is talking of inhabiting the planet Mars, some still refuse to raise up the idea that menstruators are “impure” because they bleed. Avni Gupta dwells upon the times when the surrounding women suggested tying a
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Let’s Talk Sex During Menstruation? Painful or Pleasuring? Nikita Ghodke writes about sexual intercourse during periods. Sex during mensturation? How? Messy? Sex and menstruation are two topics that are never quite discussed altogether. Sex during menstruation is often considered ‘messy,’ ‘dirty,’ ‘dangerous,’ and so on. These preconceived opinions are archaic ideas. From ‘How can anyone
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The Basics of Sustainable Menstrual Products in India Arshia Bathla writes, I’ve been blind to the reality of menstrual waste and the alternatives available to me. As Rega Jha points out in this enlightening Buzzfeed video, typically, pads are what are introduced to most of us after our first period and we carry on with the same
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Period Talk 101 Leela Moza sheds light on the lingo around menstrual, menstrual hygiene, and periods. “I am down” “It’s shark week” “Aunt Flo is paying me a visit” “It’s that time of the month” The shame that is interwoven with menstruation festers and nourishes itself in the lowered voices of the people around you.
Menstrual Hygiene 101: Beyond the 0s and 1s By – Bhavya Pandey Not all women menstruate and not all those who menstruate are women. “That time of the month” is not the same for all, and with period and menstrual hygiene products targeted towards cisgender women, there is a large demographic of transgender and gender-nonconforming
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