I think I finally understood the secret order of friendship between women (similar to The Bro Code, just less toxic and more accepting) when I fully memorised the communal rules of menstruation. Now, they’re ingrained in my mind and I follow them without question. This is the Period Code for those of you who are […]
Period Pains – Why Have Women’s Concerns Been Ignored?
You feel a surging pain in your body and fall to the floor. Your vision goes blurry and the next thing you remember is an ambulance siren. You’re rushed to the emergency room, where a nurse asks you how much pain you feel on a scale of one to ten. Unable to speak, you raise […]
The Evolution of Periods – How Has the Conversation About Periods Changed?
In the 1960s in Chettupuzha, a small village in rural Kerala, my grandmother gets her first period. She was informed by her mother that she would find spots of blood on her saree (underwear was not as common as it is today) so she is not taken aback completely – though there is not much […]