We’re replaying the Best of Heavy Flow while we’re on hiatus over the summer! Subscribe to Heavy Flow on your favourite podcast player and sign-up for my weekly newsletter to get new episodes when we’re back in the fall.
This week I'm talking to Anna Dahlqvist, journalist and author of It's Only Blood. We discuss the history of menstrual shame, the similarities between modern menstrual taboos at home and abroad, menstrual equity as a human right and the need for more reproductive health education from puberty to menopause.
This episode of Heavy Flow is supported by Blog School. Use code HEAVYFLOW for 15% off registration.
BeyondBlood is an inclusive not-for-profit that seeks to initiate the Menstrual-Mental Health Movement.
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