If you or someone you love has a uterus, then this episode is for you! As we mention in the episode, we are not medical professionals and you should get in touch with your GP if you have any questions or concerns after listening. We have done our googles, but not a PHD. Periods are bloody normal, bloody important, and honestly how are there not more widespread memes about it?
This was one of the first episodes I recorded with the wonderful folks at Brisbane Podcast Hub (an AMAZING resource for podcasters, highly recommend) and as I’m a novice when it comes to recording and editing, I had no idea what gain was. Until now. So unfortunately, this episode’s audio quality is not up to our usual standards. There will be a few more like this in the future I’m afraid, but I promise the content is worth it. Also, thank you all for being patient with me while I figured out how to edit things!
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Keep well,
-Paula
Things We Mentioned
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We talked about the colours of periods and what that means. Here is a super easy to understand article that’s got tons of interesting info https://helloclue.com/articles/cycle-a-z/period-blood-color-brown-black-dark-does-it-matter Here is a medically reviewed one on period a much wider range of menstrual discharges and possible problems they point to https://www.healthline.com/health/womens-health/period-blood And here is what the Australian government has on it (not much, but it’s a start) https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/menstruation
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PMS and period pain here is a handy and easy to navigate resource from the Victorian government https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/premenstrual-syndrome-pms
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Period poverty has not been accepted as a phrase by any dictionaries, which is a shame. But in my understanding it is when people are unable to access sanitary products, usually for economic reasons, and are therefore unable to live their damn lives.
Read a very comprehensive article about it here: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/period-poverty-everything-you-need-to-know/ or a shorter but completely Eurocentric one here: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/10/why-women-are-struggling-with-period-poverty And on that note, if a Tory government makes sanitary products available for free in high schools, we could probably make it happen RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, with our government.
I don’t know of any Australian groups that do the work that organisations like Bloody Good Period do in the UK, and honestly, let’s get onto that, yeah? The closest, I think, is Mums 4 Refugees, who accept donations of sanitary products, if I remember correctly. Find them here: http://www.mums4refugees.org/about-us
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Share The Dignity is the only charity I am aware of that specifically aims to assist women dealing with period poverty, you can find out more about them here https://www.sharethedignity.com.au/
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Here’s that Medium article on the link between periods and oppression, I found it super interesting and a fairly easy read (despite being on of the most distractible people in the world) https://medium.com/s/hysterical-women-and-medicine/ignorance-about-menstruation-puts-womens-health-at-risk-28dd36670d94 It also talks about the invention of the moon cup!
And here is a related article the ABC ran (from Ladies, We Need To Talk) on Kiran Gandhi who free-bled during the London Marathon https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2017-09-30/menstrual-cycle-taboo-holds-women-back/8996526
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Period Talk education program is actually in partnership with Share the Dignity! How cool! Find out more about them here https://periodtalk.com.au/
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Epsom salts: get on board! Here is a little link to some uses you may not know about: https://home.howstuffworks.com/green-living/13-ways-to-use-epsom-salt.htm
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