Period: The Real Story of Menstruation

Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood.

Scientists once thought of an individual’s period as useless, and some doctors still believe it’s unsafe for a menstruating person to swim in the ocean wearing a tampon.

Period counters the false theories that have long defined the study of the uterus, exposing the eugenic history of gynecology while providing an intersectional feminist perspective on menstruation science.