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February 4, 2019 3 Comments

Period changes and chemotherapy

‘My oncologist told me not to expect any future visits from Aunt Flo once I completed his prescribed six-session chemo routine.’ In other words: how cancer treatment effects your cycle. A story by Cruz Santana.(…)

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January 23, 2019 0 Comments

Plastics and periods…

Using washable pads or a menstrual cup to be more environmentally friendly? Not for UK writer and feminist activist Emma Chesworth: ‘I won’t be shamed for how I manage my menstruation’. (…)

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August 18, 2018 0 Comments

Book review: Flow Fighter

Canadian author Holly Bridges wrote ‘Flow fighter: How I kicked my fibroids & heavy periods to the curb’. A must-read for everyone suffering from heavy menstrual bleeding problems. (…)

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July 25, 2018 0 Comments

The menstruating lady

‘She bloomed as a woman, With her new breasts budding she saw –, Her first blood running between her thighs.’ A poem by Indian blogger Rimli Bhattacharya. (…)

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April 9, 2018 0 Comments

When I got my periods

‘My mother gave me the option of using tampons, but it was like trying to push a carrot in my nose.’ – Indian blogger Rimli Bhattacharya looks back on her first acquaintances with Agony Aunt Flo. (…)

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March 21, 2018 0 Comments

Poem in Praise of Menstruation

‘If there is a river, braver than this, coming and coming in a surge, of passion, of pain if there is.’ An ode to menstruation, by Lucille Clifton. To celebrate #WorldPoetryDay.

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March 12, 2018 0 Comments

An ode to PadMan

Following the worldwide release of the movie PadMan, Indian blogger Sonia Chatterjee shares her personal journey about menstruation and cramps. (…)

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February 27, 2018 0 Comments

Listen to the body

Let’s listen to our bodies as they will naturally regulate with the greater cycles of nature. Kate Bavister writes about a call for mitigating matters of menstruation and changing the language. (…)

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February 3, 2018 1 Comment

Going off the birth control pill

What if the birth control pill suppresses a whole lot more than just your periods? Taq Bhandal writes about how going off the pill saved her sex drive and explains the advantages of natural fertility awareness methods. (…)

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October 15, 2017 1 Comment

The crimson wrath

How to deal with menstruation when you’re travelling the world? Backpacker Noni Roberts writes about toilets with a hose, the godsend that’s the menstrual cup and how her lifestyle change affected her periods. (…)

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September 28, 2017 2 Comments

Goodbye Period!

‘Five reasons I’m sad and five reasons I’m happy’ – A straight from the heart blog on the menopause, by American author Barbara Younger. (…)

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July 26, 2017 0 Comments

Dear Period…

Want to tell your menstruation something? Share your frustrations by writing to dearperiod.com. You’ll even get a response.

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March 20, 2017 0 Comments

A ritual for mothers and daughters

‘Almost every woman remembers her first menstruation. So why do we take this important moment in life for granted?’ Tessa Custers developed a period ritual, with a bar of soap as conversation starter.