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Menstruation, magic and moon myths

Why do stories cloaking periods in magic and mystery persist? Pragya Agarwal argues against myth-making and for inclusive menstrual education, grounded in fact.

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Rag mags and monthly issues: Five period zines to stop you seeing red

Using humour, personal experience and political activism to explore the bloody reality of menstruation.

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Thousands of years of women’s pain

Even in the 21st century, women with severe monthly pain find their suffering minimised or dismissed by the medical profession. Such pain is seen as simply a natural part of being female.

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Hysteria

Mental health and emotional symptoms are common during menopause, but a long history of dismissing sufferers as 'hysterical women', at the mercy of their emotions has made it much harder to discuss these issues and to get support.

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  • Mantenga un nivel optimo de hemoglobina recetando Plastules Hematogenas ... : por que las Plastules Hematogenas contienen hierro en estado ferroso / John Wyeth & Brother Incorporated.
  • Mantenga un nivel optimo de hemoglobina recetando Plastules Hematogenas ... : por que las Plastules Hematogenas contienen hierro en estado ferroso / John Wyeth & Brother Incorporated.
  • The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Process print after Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.
  • A grocer's shop in England: doorway and shop window. Photograph.
  • Christ heals the haemorrhaging woman; women wash their linen in a pond. Etching by G. Bodenehr after C.J. Vernet and J.C. Tardieu.
  • A woman recommending Pildoras Hermosina as a remedy for female maladies. Colour lithograph.
  • Christ cures a woman with a haemorrhage. Etching, 17--.
  • Foliculina LADA hormona estrogénica natural : Menovit grageas : antiespasmódico, leucorreas, in suficiencias ováricas, neuritis de orígen ovárico ... / LADA, Laboratorios Aliados de América, S.A.
  • Foliculina LADA hormona estrogénica natural : Menovit grageas : antiespasmódico, leucorreas, in suficiencias ováricas, neuritis de orígen ovárico ... / LADA, Laboratorios Aliados de América, S.A.
  • Cuando hay signos de deficiencia androgenica, debe acudirse al Oreton / Schering Corporation.
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