Periods

PMS and PMDD, what in the fresh hell do we have here? Hello, beautiful ladies that have found yourself reading this because you, too, have unbearable periods. …

Wait, What is Cycle Syncing? Sorry girls, this isn’t about us trying to get our periods to sync up. Cycle syncing is when you adjust your daily activities around the stages of your menstrual cycle to help optimize your life. Have you ever given a speech and thought “wow, I’d do even better if I…

As a pregnant woman, experiencing changes in menstrual cycle can be a common occurrence. These changes could vary from light spotting, to missing periods entirely, or even having regular periods throughout pregnancy. While these changes are generally considered normal and harmless, they can be a cause for concern for some…

Imagine if there was a way you could communicate with your body to know exactly what it needed. Whether it was more sleep, less stress or support moving your lymph fluid…I’m confident we would take it pretty seriously. I mean, there’s clearly a market for it. Just take a look…

Lauren first went to see her doctor about intense period pain in 2013, when she was 27 years old. The pain was intense and in unusual places: not just her stomach and back, the usual sites of menstrual cramps. Her doctor told her to take more painkillers. The pain got…

Only two hours after talking to my friend about how I appeared to have overcome the mood swings that occur with that time of the month, I lay down and start bawling my eyes out. My melancholy girl phase began in February, I had said goodbye to majority of the…

By Rachael Gillibrand (School of English & School of History) and Katie Carpenter (School of History). In 1848, famous art critic John Ruskin married Effie Gray, an artists’ model. …