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Menstrual Equity

  • An illustration of a Black person’s hand holding up a diva cup that is a third full with dark red liquid. We see the hand from the wrist up. The background is filled with blobby shapes that range from brown-red to dark red to light pink in color. Some of the blobs have white outlines.
    Blood wisdom: what we can learn from our periods
    Paige Miranda
    There are 1.8 billion monthly menstruators worldwide. Better understanding the science behind period blood, as well as cultural stigma and period policy, can help menstruators everywhere break down period myths.
  • An illustration of a Black person’s hand holding up a diva cup that is a third full with dark red liquid. We see the hand from the wrist up. The background is filled with blobby shapes that range from brown-red to dark red to light pink in color. Some of the blobs have white outlines. The word “Menstruated” is written in red text across the top left corner.
    Menstruated: What Our Period Blood Tells Us
    Paige Miranda
    In the 34 years that guest host Omisade Burney-Scott was a menstruating person, she always felt that blood held more significance than just the biological. She meets an OB/GYN who shares little-known facts about period blood, and talks with two menstrual health advocates about how art and community have connected them to their cycles. Plus, an attorney discusses what she's paying attention to this year in terms of period policy.
  • A light blue background with a white toilet paper roll, white menstrual pad, and white tampons laying on it.
    Health
    More Than Blood: Science, Culture and Equity In Menstruation
    Kaia Findlay
    Periods happen to a lot of us - but what goes on in the body during menstruation can still be so mysterious. Gaining access to period products and resources regardless of housing status, income or incarceration is an important element of menstrual equity and empowerment.