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Menstruation (Periods)

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My Story: Discovering I Had Stage Four Endometriosis

My Story: Explaining How Harmful Internalized Misogyny Is for Society

My Story: Explaining How the Prison System Is Hurting Menstruating Women

My Story: Fighting for the Incarcerated Who Struggle to Find Menstrual Hygiene Products

My Story: Finding a Perimenopause Specialist

My Story: Finding the Right Treatment for Endometriosis

My Story: Giving Advice to Anyone Who Menstruates

My Story: Giving Advice to Other Endometriosis Advocates

My Story: Having to Learn About PMS on My Own

My Story: Having to Make My Own Menstrual Hygiene Products in Prison

Photo by Vulvani – www.vulvani.com

My Story: Living with Irregular Menstrual Cycles

My Story: Recognizing My Symptoms of Perimenopause on My Own

My Story: Sharing What I Learned about Perimenopause

My Story: Understanding How Hormones Affect My Mental and Physical Health

Illustration by Valentina Talijan

My Story: Understanding That Hormonal Contraception Is Not for Me

My Story: Understanding Why Women’s Health Has Been So Stigmatized

My Story: Using the Pill to Manage Menstrual Health

My Story: Wishing I Had Knowledge of Menstrual Cycles at a Younger Age

Othenin-Girard/Unsplash

Menstruation through Menopause

Native American Stories and Ceremonies about Menstruation

Menstruation through Menopause

Navigating the Binary: A Visual Narrative of Trans and Genderqueer Menstruation

RODNAE Productions/Pexels

Menstruation through Menopause

Now More Than Ever, It’s Time for Universal Menstrual Education