Resistance is Cyclical

Resistance is Cyclical

Recently, I’ve been taking a break from hormonal birth control. Soon after I finish nursing school, I will be starting a family. Ideally, I’ve struggled with fertility in the past. I think it was related to birth control. According to the latest research, it can take...
Who is Afraid of Blood?

Who is Afraid of Blood?

Read Monica’s post in French “Monica? Are you listening to me? Could you please repeat what I just said?” – Yes, I do listen. You explained that the verb ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ are auxiliaries in French and… “Ok, Monica, that will be all, thank...
Blood Everywhere

Blood Everywhere

With my pants around my ankles, I squatted low in the 3-stalled corporate office restroom. My butt cheeks just a few inches from the floor, I pressed my PC muscles down and pulled the tip of my menstrual cup. Because squatting shortens the vaginal canal, it was then...
My Menstruation Story

My Menstruation Story

Art by Betty Dodson My mother told me about menstruation at an early age so I had been expecting it to come anytime.  In fact, I was eager to get it and looked at it as a right of passage. I was 12.5 years old, sitting in my sixth grade classroom, when I was plagued...
A Love Letter to Moon Flow, Crones, and to Myself

A Love Letter to Moon Flow, Crones, and to Myself

My blood leaked around the edges, destroying countless pairs of underwear, spotting my pants, staining not just my clothes but my car’s seat, my friend’s couch, my good living room chair (years later, when I finally had a living room and enough time had passed for me...