Category: Menstruation Around the World

Almas is from India where the period taboo still runs deep. In our inter­view, she shares her story of how she became com­for­ta­ble tal­king about menstruation.

Mens­trua­tion around the world is a new series from Vul­vani, which seeks to show the diver­sity of mens­trual expe­ri­en­ces around the world.

The days when SJ has his mens­trua­tion are finally over thanks to taking tes­to­ste­rone. He talks to us about peri­ods as a transman.

Janelle tells us which pro­ducts make her period easier to manage – even as a cer­ti­fied nurse she has only been intro­du­ced to them a cou­ple of years ago.

In this inter­view Mara shares, in a very honest way, her long jour­ney towards more self accep­t­ance, love and embra­cing your period.

In this inter­view Katha­rina shares about all her dif­fe­rent fee­lings towards her period: exci­te­ment, anger, indif­fe­rence, cycle awa­reness… Nowa­days she says: ‘I am in love with my period.’

In our inter­view Hilma shares her story of get­ting her first period at school and talks about her tea­chers awe­some reac­tion when she star­ted bleeding.

Yas­mine under­stands her mens­trua­tion as a spi­ri­tual prac­tice and shares in this inter­view how she is con­nec­ting more with her own body through cycle awareness.

Des­pite suf­fe­ring from endo­me­trio­sis and ade­no­myo­sis, Naiema is on good terms with her period. For her, it is like an emo­tio­nal cleanse.

Hebe is a sex edu­ca­tor from Eng­land, who is wri­ting her dis­ser­ta­tion on vagi­nas. Peri­ods unite her and people in her life.