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January 13, 2025 0 Comments

Bashali: A Place of Freedom

In the Kalasha culture of northern Pakistan, menstruating women can choose to retreat to a bashali, a sacred space only for women on their period or about to give birth. Human rights lawyer Farah Ahamed gets to visit a bashali and reports on this place of personal reflection and collective wisdom.  (…)

Quotes
December 10, 2024 0 Comments

Submit your menstrual masterpiece

Derogatory comments. Awkward situations. Strange taboos. Does something annoy you? Do you want to share your personal period story? This is your chance. Submit your menstrual masterpiece! (…)

Culture
September 25, 2024 0 Comments

Code Red: Dutch research into period poverty

Dutch research from Amsterdam NGO Neighborhood Feminists into period poverty illustrates that 1 out of 4 people who menstruate are adversely affected. However, there’s also good news: Amsterdam results show intervention can work. (…)

Quotes
September 22, 2024 0 Comments

Making an impact in South Africa

In South Africa, 7 million girls menstruate without dignity. Aiming to make a difference, Dutch International Business student Ruby de Bruijn went to Cape Town where’s she’s now the face of the She Matters campaign. (…)

Quotes
December 18, 2023 0 Comments

Unbinding Shadows: A Poetic Tale of Period Equality

In Nepal menstruation is still seen as taboo. This inspired Sangita Khadka (originally from Nepal but based in the Netherlands now) to write this heartbreaking poem: Unbinding Shadows: A Poetic Tale of Period Equality. (…)

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October 30, 2023 0 Comments

Let’s debunk common menstruation myths

With a wife and a 14-year-old daughter, journalist Surjit Flora has experienced their shame and embarrassment on a monthly basis. In this guest blog he tackles the five most common menstrual taboos. (…)

Quotes
July 3, 2023 0 Comments

Endometriosis: stop telling women ‘pain is normal’

Endometriosis can cause pelvic pain which feels like ‘a burning hot poker’ says Caroline Louise Hamar from Femi.Listen. She conducted a survey amongst 15 UK women who suffer from this disease. ‘They were each told by the medical community that pain is normal for women.’ (…)

Quotes
April 10, 2023 0 Comments

Why did I ever think this was normal?

‘Rewind two years and you might have found me in a heap on my bedroom floor, crying, engulfed by a black cloud of depression.’ Business psychologist Clare Knox writes about dealing with PMDD. (…)

Quotes
December 24, 2022 0 Comments

Top 5 Periods & Poetry: Personal Submissions

In the last years, we have welcomed guest bloggers from all over the world.Time for some shortlists.This time we proudly present you our best read submissions in the category Periods & Poetry. Five beautiful poems from India and Nepal. (…)

Global
December 21, 2022 0 Comments

Trade high heels for pads in Kenya

Managing your menstruation can be quite a challenge when you’re living in Kenya, where wages are low and menstrual products are expensive. The Heels4Pads foundation has come up with a creative solution: trading shoes for menstrual pads. (…)

Quotes
December 5, 2022 0 Comments

Top 5 Period Problems – Personal Stories

In the last years, we’ve welcomed guest bloggers from all over the world. We proudly present you some shortlists. This time: our best read submissions in the category Period Problems. (…) 

Quotes
November 20, 2022 0 Comments

Top 5 Period Power – Personal Stories

Did you know? Period! Magazine has contributors from all over the world. In the upcoming weeks, we proudly present you some shortlists. For starters: our best read submissions in the category Period Power. Enjoy! (…)

Quotes
October 10, 2022 0 Comments

My entry into womanhood

The menarche is a unique moment that requires a gesture. Big or small, symbolic or plain. Every girl is different after all. Author and celebrant Carla Rosseels recalls her own entry into womanhood. After experiencing the power of rituals and ceremonies, this became one of her core themes. (…)

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May 27, 2022 0 Comments

MH Day 2022 (3) Meanwhile in Bangladesh

In the society of the indigenous peoples of Chittagong Hill Tracts in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh, there are many harmful taboos and unhealthy practices around menstruation. Here, Reusable Sanitary Pad Making Training comes in handy. (…)

Quotes
April 8, 2022 4 Comments

PMDD and me

‘Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder affects 1 in 20 women. So how could it be that it took me until my 30’s to learn about PMDD?’ – a guest blog by Cindy Lopez Smith. (…)

Quotes
March 18, 2022 0 Comments

Menstrual education for toddlers. Because why not?

When do you start menstrual education? As soon as possible, claims Period!’s Yayeri van Baarsen. Her three-year-old daughter already knows what it means to get your period: ‘Mama bleeds from her vagina!’ (…)

Quotes
June 13, 2021 0 Comments

Say it PERIOD

‘Remove the stigma, not the name!’ Sushmita Das has written an empowering and powerful poem about tackling period shame through words. (…)

Quotes
June 1, 2021 0 Comments

When my womb fights back

Although it’s brought her much pain and suffering, she doesn’t want to part ways with it. Maria Rovito writes a love letter to her uterus. (…)

Quotes
April 18, 2021 0 Comments

My Red Blood

She lives in The Netherlands now, but Sangita Khadka – rewarded as most inspiring Twente woman in 2020 – is originally from Nepal. ‘A country where menstruation is seen as taboo and ‘chaupadi’ is still practiced in rural areas.’ This inspired her to this beautiful poem: My red Blood. (…)

Quotes
December 12, 2020 0 Comments

Thinking about periods

‘At any given time, 800 million people worldwide are menstruating. It’s perfectly healthy and normal. It’s okay to menstruate. As long as you never talk about it and no one knows that you’re doing it.’ – an essay by Anna Balmer. (…)

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