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Zahra. G's avatar

This took me back to so many conversations about menstruation that I had with my own Grandmother back in India. How she had to hide her washcloths (Because there wasn't much awareness of sanitary hygiene and no sanitary products available then) while growing up because even the sight of Clean washcloths that were used to soak up the blood was deemed repugnant by the opposite gender and elder women of the household.

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This Human Divine Journey: Uma's avatar

As a fellow South Asian woman I feel this poem. So deeply. I was born and raised Hindu and “period” was a bad word with all the connotations that went with it. Thank you for sharing ♥️

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