#menstruation

People are finally talking about period pain, something that we, as a society, still don’t really understand or recognize. Period pain, like much of women’s reproductive health in general, is under-researched, misunderstood, often swept under the carpet and shrouded in taboo. Looking beyond the

Author: Eleanor Goldberg / Source: HuffPost Menstruation is a natural and unavoidable part of most girls’ lives. But for many young girls in Kenya, it was a stressful inconvenience that often interferes with education and perpetuates a cycle of poverty – until now. Young Kenyan activists have

For years I have been an evangelist for us taking a different approach to our menstrual cycles. How we approach almost one week a month for almost 40 years of our lives is important. You can’t love yourself fully and have shame, blame, guilt or disgust related to your bodily functions as a woman.

I'd learned about periods in school, but no one prepared me for this. I woke up freezing, my 12-year-old fuzzy-haired legs wet with blood. My bed looked like a crime scene, so of course I jumped up and screamed for my mother.My mother acted like bleeding that much is normal for women. "Go put a pad

So I've decided to take the leap from temporary pads and tampons to the reusable world of menstrual pads and cotton liners because, let's face it, the temporary stuff is expensive when you're re-buying them every month. And the chemicals freak me out a little — yes, everything is made of ...