ForeveRRelevanT

  Periods. Or should I say “that time of the month,” it saddens me to think that people all around the world have thought of this beautiful biological process as ‘dirty’ ‘sinful’, or ‘impure’ for centuries before and still continue to do so. Let me tell you I can go on and on, on this topic and a fraction of the reason why I can do that is because of the fact that ever since I ever learned that word I have been constantly told to not talk about it or discuss it, so, therefore, all the things that I had wanted to say have now built up and I am pretty sure millions of girls in India and other parts of the world would agree with me on this. The fact is menstrual taboos have existed, and still exist, in many or most cultures. I was in the fifth grade when I was first told about menstruation and what it is, I remember that day quite distinctly like any other regular day I got ready and went to school, that day our teacher came into the class and told us that all the girls needed to as...