Periods. The myths behind them. The taboo. Period poverty. Environment. And Gender Queer periods. In this episode - I will be covering mostly everything to do with periods.

Periods has been a hush-hush topic for a long time, despite the fact that 50% of the world's population is, has or will experience periods. They are painful, they are stigmatised and they need to be talked about. When menstrual hygiene isn't taught, the consequence are rippling.

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Sources:

Rig Veda, Indra and Period Myth: www.jstor.org/stable/4401940

Menstrual myths in India, stats about girl drop out and unhygienic sanitation: https://doi.org/10.4103%2F2249-4863.154627

Period poverty solutions: https://doi.org/10.4103%2F2249-4863.154627, www.jstor.org/stable/43288983

Project Drawdown - girls education: https://rb.gy/8jby

Menstrual cup vs pad: https://rb.gy/ne6y

Plastic period waste - National Geographic: https://rb.gy/96kd

India period pad waste: https://rb.gy/8xov

Queer periods -- periods for trans and non binary people: https://rb.gy/33tb, https://rb.gy/guir, https://rb.gy/zqt0, https://rb.gy/gjkx,