This April, we celebrate five years of Period! Magazine in an English edition. (The Dutch edition is a bit older). We also celebrate a growing list of contributors from all over the world (USA, GB, Ireland, Canada, Scandinavia, Madagascar, Uganda, Kenya, Australia, India, Bonaire, Argentina, Bangladesh, Portugal, Egypt, Nepal, Rwanda, Zambia and of course The Netherlands). Thank you for all the empowering, hilarious, satirical and personal submissions and for all your support in the last years. We proudly present a shortlist: the 15 best read submissions! Enjoy!

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Top 5 Hilarious submissions

Why I Love Getting My Period

Not So Divine Secrets of the Bullwinkle Sisterhood

A Very Public Menstrual Leak

Dear Period…

Goodbye Period!

Top 5 Very personal submissions

Let’s Talk About Sex!

Why regular gynaecological check-ups should be the norm

PMDD and me

Period changes and chemotherapy

Why did I ever think this was normal?

Top 5 Empowering submissions

#Iamthestorm

Stop financially punishing my vagina!

Pure or impure? Contesting the menstrual taboo

Plastics and periods…

Volunteering to fight period poverty in the UK

More?
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