How I Learned to Love My Period Periods suck. I’m not gonna pretend they don’t. They’re painful, they’re messy, they’re inconvenient. For multiple decades, those of us with uteruses are destined to bleed out of our vaginas up to 25% of the time. We’re often shamed for this natural bodily function, and are discouraged from …
Periods, Summer Camp, & Embarrassment In 1999, at thirteen years old, I arrived at sleepaway camp. I quickly fell in love with Camp Wa-Klo, an all-girls camp at the foot of Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Each day we swam, kayaked, and sailed on idyllic Lake Thorndike. In a small cabin named Dance Inn, …
IN THIS ARTICLE 01 / Talk about your period 02 / Don’t hide your menstrual products 03 / Ask post-menopausal friends or family about their experience 04 / Speak up when you hear anti-period talk 05 / Set an example for the kids in your life Hint: Talk about it openly Growing up, I was …
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