period shame

Culture
September 18, 2023 0 Comments

What happened to Jackline Chepngeno?

On Friday, September 6 in 2019, the 14-years-old Jackline Chepngeno went to school for the last time. A leakage stain in her school uniform led to an unbelievable tragedy. Amelié Truffert made a documentary about it: A Journey With A Hope. (…)

Quotes
September 3, 2022 0 Comments

The Mustard Petticoat

Indian writer and poet Sonali Sharma wrote ‘The Mustard Petticoat’ – a beautiful poem about period myths in India, where girls and women sometimes are sent off to period huts during their menstruation. ‘We walk barefoot to the hut, why?’ (…)

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August 8, 2019 1 Comment

Period. Let its vastness be undisguised

‘How can you stop something that is so flowing. That feels so real?’ We proudly present a breathtaking and striking period poem by Dutch Christel Janssen, about passing on period shame. Generation after generation. (…)

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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’. (…)