If You Get 5/7 On This Quiz, You Are An Expert On Mental Health & Menstruation
Mental health and menstruation are two topics that attract a society sanctioned silence on them, and a mix of both can be corrosive to a menstruators well being. We fail to realise that the ignorance...
View ArticleBy Neglecting Menarche, We’re Also Neglecting Menopausal Women
“ Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Unequal development in different countries in the promotion of health and...
View ArticleIndia’s Struggle With Political Incumbency: The Bihar Case
If a politician wins an election and voters grants them the mandate, the meaning is crystal clear: that the voters have the utmost confidence in the leader, and their hope lies in the leader. Or else,...
View ArticleFrom Using ‘Those Days’ To ‘During Periods’: Has Media Become Bold In Talking...
Do we remember this? “Mujhe aapse kuch kehna hai, kaise kahun?” (I want to say something to you but how do I say?) Well, I am sure that people born in the ’80s and ’90s surely do. This is the tagline...
View Article“I’ve Gone From Being A Victim Of Gender-Based Violence To A Champion Of...
“ Yaar come to Instagram” a friend texted me the other day. “You’re doing such amazing work, why aren’t you there?” I didn’t know what to say. How do you tell a friend, someone who’s unemployed, stuck...
View ArticleThe Toilets In My School Stank So Much, I Would Hold My Pee In Till I Reached...
Nobody likes to visit a public toilet unless it is an emergency. We would condition our mind to hold the urge to urinate until we come home. Have you urinated? You cannot once you leave the house. It...
View Articleलीजिए यह क्विज़ और चेक कीजिए पीरियड पर अपना ज्ञान
पीारियड्स के बारे में बात करने आज की तारीख में मिथ, स्टिग्मा या तो टैबूज़ के समान है। या तो इस बारे में जब भी बातें होती हैं, तो यह कह दिया जाता है कि सैनिटरी पैड्स वातावरण को नुकसान पहुंचाते हैं,...
View Article“स्कूल में पीरियड्स के नाम पर मुझे डराया जाता था”
मेरी पीरियड की कहानी भी सबकी कहानी की तरह काफी अलग है। पीरियड्स के बारे में सातवीं क्लास से ही सब कुछ पता था। घर में बड़ी बहन है तो उसने पहले ही सब समझा दिया था। जब मैं नौवीं क्लास में थी, तब मुझे पहली...
View ArticleWhat If We Could Forgo The Fear, Shame, And Stigma And Just Bleed Freely?
We have all been taught as children that menstruation is a private, woman’s issue, something that has to be talked about in hushed voices, or better still, not at all. As children in school, our...
View ArticleNo, Inserting A Menstrual Cup Won’t Take Away Your Virginity
In India, we can see erotic sculptures from Kamasutra on the walls of some famous temples. This shows that once India was extremely liberal and open about the concept of sex. Khajuraho temple is...
View ArticleDid You Know Sex Workers Get Periods Too? Who’s Going To Talk About Their...
In India, there are over 800,000 sex workers, and when combined with the unofficial figures, these numbers go far higher. Prostitution is regarded to be the oldest profession, yet the social stigma...
View Article“Dear Health Minister, Why Are There Plastics & Chemicals In My Menstrual Pad?”
I have been a menstruator for 17.5 years, and I am only 27 years old. With every cycle, I have received the gift of dysmenorrhea. I have consumed more painkillers than a child should have to. I have...
View Articleयह क्विज़ बताएगा मानसिक स्वास्थ्य और मासिक धर्म पर आपका ज्ञान कितना सटीक है
मानसिक स्वास्थ्य और माहवारी दो ऐसे विषय हैं जिन पर समाज ने चुप्पी साधी हुई है और ये दोनों मेल मेंस्ट्रुएटर के लिए काफी हानिकारक हो सकते हैं। मासिक धर्म स्वास्थ्य का अज्ञान का प्रभाव शारीरिक और मानसिक...
View ArticleMenstruation And The Military: Will It Ever Be A Priority?
In February 2020, the Indian Supreme Court’s landmark ruling permitted women to take up command roles in the army. Women will now get the same opportunities as their male counterparts, through...
View ArticleIf You’re Getting Two Periods In A Month, This Is Why It’s Normal
An unusual and disruptive period cycle can send an unnerving frenzy down your spine. The anxiety of something going wrong in your nether regions is enough to issue a code red. In such circumstances, it...
View ArticleIs The Pandemic Affecting Your Periods? Because Same!
Have you ever felt like the pandemic combined together with the lockdown has disrupted your schedules? I, for one, can vouch for the fact that ever since the pandemic started, all of my routines (work,...
View ArticlePeriods Don’t Discriminate Between Different Gender Identities, Why Should We?
“ I feel left out. I get my periods too, and people just assume that I am a female. As a trans person, I feel the general population lacks the knowledge about other gender identities and forms of...
View ArticleI Thought Ritu Kala Samskara Was A Wedding, And Not A Period Ritual
My mom said when she moved to Andhra Pradesh from Ranchi after her marriage, she couldn’t understand a word of Telugu. Since neither my dad nor my mom had any relatives here, she didn’t want to feel...
View Articleक्या हुआ जब मैंने पीरियड्स के दौरान सेक्स किया
मैंने जिंदगी भर “वह हमेशा खुशी-खुशी साथ रहते हैं” टाइप की रोमांटिक कहानियों और “अटूट प्रेम” का मज़ाक उड़ाया है। सच कहूं तो अभी भी उड़ाती हूं लेकिन एक चीज़ है जो मेरे मन में कौतूहल पैदा करती है। यह फीलिंग...
View ArticleBody Dysmorphia: The One PMS Symptom Nobody Talks About
For a lot of us, it’s easy to guess when our periods are edging near: some of us have abdominal cramps and sore boobs, while others go through irritability and an incessant craving for chocolate. PMS...
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