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I’ve discovered Tara Pokras and the work that she's doing, Period portraits, over the past summer.
Period portraits is "a storytelling project focusing on challenging and breaking down the stigma of menstruation through vulnerable interviews and empowering photographed portraits". When I saw what she created I immediately related to it and felt a strong connexion: the association between the visuals and the words, the diversity of women portrayed on the gallery.
Then, she happened to be in Berlin for the 1st festival ever on the topic; organized by the Menstrual Health Hub. The opportunity was too good to just let it pass!

The link to her website: https://www.periodportraits.org/
To her Patreon, in order to support the upcoming initiatives: https://www.patreon.com/periodportraits

With Tara we covered a lot of things:

- How to create a safe space for stories to come up
- The beginning of Period Portrait project 1,5 years ago
- Her own menstrual experiences
- How to get people into this topic: How to reach out beyond women

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For this new episode, I sat down with Anna Buzzoni who I’ve met about one year ago. She was giving one of her Medulla Workshop in Berlin. It was an introduction to the menstrual cycle. Understanding the different phases and how it mimics other life cycles (breathing, nature with seasons, the moon) I remember it like an aha moment. I knew I would use what I’ve learned for myself. And here we are one year later! :) d

If you’re interested in taking Anna’s workshop in Berlin, her website and her Facebook are great places to start:
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I hope you’ll enjoy this insightful conversation and Anna’s silky voice as much as I did working on this episode!

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This time, I sat down with Isabel who came to mine to talk about the periods topic. A lot of things have been said! I was really curious about her crafting art and what brought her to make embroidery pieces (among many other beautiful things she makes) around menstruations. Through her art and the collective that she created Crafts&Cramps, Isabel wants to "spark a conversation" and I knew before our interview that we will have a great one!

“J’ai essayé la coupe menstruelle et là ça a été un choc autant intime, qu’esthétique que politique, quoi… c’est à dire que c’était la première fois que je me retrouvais face à mes règles, à leurs texteures, à leurs couleurs...” Fanny Godebarge.

La première fois que j’ai lu au sujet de Fanny, dans cet article de Cheek Magazine, j’ai été tout de suite happée par la force de ses engagements, le côté pirate de son initiative Clean Your cup. J’ai tout de suite voulu la rencontrer pour en savoir plus mais aussi pour être inspirée moi même par la colère saine qui l’anime. Quand elle a dit oui, j’ai su qu’on allait avoir une conversation profonde et engagée!

Fanny est la fondatrice de Clean Your Cup, une initiative qui répertorie les endroits dits "cup safe" et de Cyclique, une plateforme web et une newsletter pour informer, sensibiliser à pas mal de sujets qui gravitent autour des règles (les douleurs de règles, le sexe pendant les règles, entre autres choses).

In this new episode, I sat down with Teona, one of my friend here in Berlin. As I told you once, I'm a lucky one because I'm surrounded by fantastic & inspiring people. Teona is one of them.

We shared a great moment and had great conversation. And we talked about many things: Menstruating in Berlin compared to Tbilissi (Gerorgia), how first intros to periods are often kind of secret or mysterious and why it's a "women business"

04:04: My name is Teo… and being excluded from the chat between mom & sisters
07:54: Georgian society and the topic of menstruations
9:48 The impact of orthodox religion in the taboo
12:35 The ultimate fear of the blood spot
14:00 What has changed when coming to Berlin
16:30 “It’s also connected to your sexual life”
19:30 I had this feeling “I’m part of the gang now”
24:40 Are you already thinking about menopause?
27:00 pads and cups, talking about what the future holds for menstruants
31:18 Independent women are always in a process

Aujourd’hui on en parle avec Floriane, que j’ai rencontré lors d’une réunion de l’association Les Internettes. Je me souviens de son contact facile, de sa curiosité et la profondeur de 1ers échanges avant de me rendre compte que Floriane, je l’avais déjà croisé sur le net il y’a deux ans. J’étais tombé sur sa chaîne Queer Chrétienne et je m’étais tout de suite abonné à sa chaîne. Ce qui m’avait tout de suite plu chez elle, la force de son message: Que ce n’est pas aux autres de nous de nous définir, il appartient à chacun de trouver sa vérité. En ce qui concerne les religion, Il y’a probablement, certainement, pas mal de choses à réinterpréter encore. Ayant moi même grandi dans la foi musulmane, j’avais très envie de confronter mon expérience, de parler menstruations & religion avec Floriane, de voir ensemble ce que la foi, les pratiques et les textes religieuses disent du sang menstruel et puis comment on mène cette déconstruction individuelle quand on fait partie d’une communauté con