Flowin’ Towards Inclusion: Disability Pride Month & Menstrual Health
Imagine you are in a wheelchair and need to change your menstrual pad in a public restroom. The restroom is not wheelchair accessible, and you cannot reach the disposal bin or the sink without assistance. How would this make you feel? Imagine you are blind and trying...
Breaking Barriers: Owning Your Period and Owning Your Game in South Africa
For young South African women, sport is a wellspring of empowerment, fostering teamwork, discipline, and a healthy body. But for many girls, a natural biological process – menstruation – can throw a wrench in their athletic aspirations. Let's face it, periods can be...
Flowin’ Insights: Navigating PMDD
April is here (my blog post is a little bit late)! But it's PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) Awareness Month. PMDD is more than just cramps and mood swings – it's time we unpack PMDD and share awareness for those who live with it. If I had a R5 for every time I...
Flowin’ Through An Invisible Issue: Endometriosis
A lot is going on in our bodies during our periods, and some cramping is to be expected. But just how much pain is normal, and how can we manage whatever level of pain we're experiencing? Far too many people are living with severe, debilitating pain every month and...
Flowin’ Love: Supporting Your Partner Through Menstruation
It's the month of love. There are often a lot of conversations about expectations of showing up with gifts and grand gestures, but rarely are there any conversations about how partners should up for their loved ones and their menstrual cycle. A frequent question that...
Flowin’ at Work: Building Inclusive Policies Through Period Awareness
It's Monday. You're in the office, working frantically, trying to catch up with work deadlines, and surprise, in comes Aunt Flo. You are thankfully prepared for this moment, and you hide the product and power walk to the bathroom to manage Aunt Flo. There are two...
Flowin’ in the Festive Season: The Ministers’ Guide to Handling Your Period during the Holidays
My Fellow Menstrual Constituents, It is finally December. What an interesting year right? As we are all winding down to either go on school holidays or take that well-deserved leave from work, there is one thing that's not taking a break during the festive season and...
Flowin’ in Unity: Understanding the Necessity of Menstrual Health
My Fellow Menstrual Constituents, What a rollercoaster of a month October has been right? Cheering for the Springboks (South African rugby team that recently won the World Cup) had its highs and lows, but nothing prepared me for being tagged as the 'Menstrual Andrew...
Flowin’ Beyond Blue Liquid: Real Talk About Menstrual Realities in Ads
My Fellow Menstrual Constituents, Now, I am usually meant to be posting a blog piece once a month (just like our periods), but there was something I came across this past weekend that brought me back to my keyboard much sooner. Like any other millennial, I got trapped...
Flowin’ Towards a Better Future: Understanding Period Poverty
My Fellow Menstrual Constituents, Welcome to my first blog post. As a young teen, I always loved writing my thoughts out and personally, I thoroughly enjoy the sound of typing furiously on my keyboard to drive a point home. For those who have not heard of me, I...