Menstruation ReWritten

Day 18 is my personal doomsday

May 25, 2021 Season 1 Episode 13
Menstruation ReWritten
Day 18 is my personal doomsday
Show Notes

Julie and I discuss her excitement at menarche (first period), her project of making reusable pads, and her adventure in cycle tracking. We also discuss her efforts to discuss PMS in a more positive way and her self-discoveries after deciding to ditch birth control once and for all - acne be damned.

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Topics covered:

- Julie’s menarche story
- Discovering personal patterns by tracking her cycle and emotion
- Self care in relation to her personal cycle
- Learning to make reusable pads
- Having reusable period pads turned away at laundry service
- The benefits of period underwear
- What it’s like to see period sex up close and personal on TV
- How can we reframe vocabulary around PMS to show it as the beautiful indicator it is?
- Julie’s decision to get off birth control once and for all, despite the acne consequences, and what she discovered in the process

If you stayed after the credits for the Modern Media Menstrual Mention (MMMM) click here (https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast/episode/48f75f91/all-my-loving-relations) and go to minute 15:38 to hear about menarche in residential schools.

Considering a menstrual cup? Check out Lunette (https://store.lunette.com/?rfsn=4709896.1507ef) or read my answers to common menstrual cup questions (https://menstruationrewritten.com/got-menstrual-cup-questions-ive-got-you-covered)

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