CW: Fertility issues, trying to conceive, loss of a parent I have always thought that Bee picked a perfect name for her Menstruation Matters meme because it does matter in so many ways, to so many different people and I think the intensity with which it matters to those it affects often varies throughout our […]
When I first started my periods I was 13, and for the first year of menstruating, maybe closer to two years I mostly used sanitary towels as my method of absorption and honestly that was a miserable experience. I had leakages, a general feeling of discomfort when wearing them, they always made me feel a […]
Back in January, I wrote Periods: The Bloody Truth which in summary was a post saying, ‘I used to have terrible periods, now I don’t, contraceptives are great, woohoo I’m living it up on the implant’ to which the devilish little imp that controls period karma laughed and laughed and laughed and sat in wait […]
Image via Pixabay When I looked at the upcoming list of prompts for February on Sex Bloggers for Mental Health and saw ‘Women and Hormones’ I knew I would be sharing on this subject. Seeing that topic, in black and white, on my laptop screen made me growl inwardly, feel a wave of fury in […]
Image Via Pixabay When I read Zebra Rose’s ‘Periodpocalpyse’ last week, which you should all have read too because I linked to it in my last #SoSS post, I had two thoughts … 1. I really need to write about periods and related stuff and 2. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a place […]
