Menstrual Cycle

CB discusses her endometriosis journey, offering advice to those who are experiencing painful menstrual cycles and highlighting the support of her family.

HG explains how her experience with endometriosis shaped her life.

KH discusses her work lobbying and advocating for a menstrual products bill that would benefit women who are incarcerated.

AB describes how birth control made it easier to predict when her period would start.

MT describes how she coped with the heavy and painful periods she experienced growing up before being able to take birth control.

MT shares her experience using birth control to treat heavy, painful periods. She addresses problems with the first birth control pill that she tried.

Jen Gunter on how female anatomy has been weaponized and how to end myths about our health and sexuality

CB discusses the process of finding a treatment for her painful periods and heavy bleeding, until discovering that they were caused by fibroids and cysts.

CB shares her story of experiencing difficult menstrual cycles as a teenager.

Is PMS real? This brief article highlights the lack of research about PMS because it primarily affects women and trans men. It explores ways to combat gender bias in medical research.

Interview with Eva Marie Carney about the Kwek Society, a nonprofit that sends encouragement and period supplies to menstruating people in Native communities.

This article addresses the continued need to advocate for free access to menstrual products in schools for students across the United States.