Period Table
Getting your period is, for many, filled with anxiety. Waiting for your period is also nerve wracking. And not getting it and finding out you’re pregnant can be either a terrifying or happy event. It all depends on your circumstances.
I drew up this simple Period Table while thinking of the devastating consequences on so many women with the overturning of Roe vs Wade. Sometimes I think we are moving forward and change is possible, other times I just feel depressed.
I’m relieved with the timing of the release Period Matters, because it means we are continuing to push back in whichever small way we can.
A
Amenorrhea, Ash wrapped in a cloth and used as a pad, Anxiety, Abortion
B
Blood, Body, Bloating, Brain fog
C
Compassion for menstruators, Cramps, Clitoris, Cervix
D
Dysmenorrhea, Dysphoria, Discharge, Dryness
E
Eight hundred million menstruating daily around the globe
F
Five hundred million globally living in period poverty, Fertility, Flow, Feathers wrapped in a cloth and used as a pad
G
Genitalia, Gestation, Greasy skin
H
Hormonal, Hymen, Headaches, Hot flushes, Hair loss, HRT
I
If (my vagina could speak…), Irregular, Irritable
J
Joint stiffness
K
Kindness to menstruators
L
Life giving, Lunar Cycle, Loss of appetite, Leave from work
M
Menstruation, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Moon cup, Mood swing, Mothers, Mud wrapped in a cloth and used as a pad
N
NORMAL
O
Ovulation, Ovaries, Orgasm, Oestrogen
P
Periods, Period poverty, PMS, Peri/post menopause, Pads, PCOS, Pregnant, Painkillers, Progesterone
Q
Queasy, Questions
R
Regular,Rags
S
Smell, Stain, Sex, Sleep difficulty, Spotty skin, Smear Test
T
Tampon, Tender breasts, Time of the month, Testosterone, Tiredness
U
Uterus, UTI, Underpants, Upset
V
Vagina, Vulva
W
Work places which are period friendly, Weight gain
X
Chromosome
Y
Yoni
Z
Zygote