Our Periods, Ourselves: An Empowered Teen's Guide

An inclusive guide to menstruation and what makes everyone's experience unique

Despite what you might have been taught, periods do not happen in a vacuum. While it's important to know the facts of menstruation, it's just as important to take a holistic, inclusive, and deeper look into the ways in which everything around us—from our genetics and culture to religion and society—influences how we each experience our periods.

In Our Periods, Ourselves, Mathangi Subramanian covers how society shap...