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A Period Story

Background Growing up, I never heard anyone talk about periods. I got ‘the talk’ from my mother when it happened for me, but not anywhere outside of that. I never heard open and free conversations about menstruation from anyone. Even my friends at school were incredibly private about it, and particularly skilled at the old […]

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Our Red Book and the Power in Our Period Stories

For over eight years, I didn’t menstruate. First, because I was pregnant. And then, because I got an IUD. Lemme tell you, I loved having that IUD. Suddenly, I no longer had to deal with heavy flows, heavy cramps, and poop problems. Period? What period? Sure, I was completely disconnected from the inner workings of

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