I was holding onto the barre, trying to keep my heels together in first position, but my legs were shaking. This wasn’t supposed to be so hard — especially for someone like me who regularly works out ...

I got my period for the first time when I was 13 years old. I was at summer camp. At the time, it was the worst thing that could possibly happen. I was scared of tampons and too embarrassed to talk to ...

Having a period is a rollercoaster ride, to say the least. Throughout the average 28-day cycle, you go through mood changes, energy highs, energy lows — and then it all culminates with a symphony of ...

I don’t want to say my period runs my life, but... it kind of runs my life. I experience each phase of my cycle — menstruation, follicular, ovulation, and luteal — seemingly to the utmost degree, and ...

Unfortunately for me and everyone else in my life, I’m just a little more feral during those desperate few days. One practice ...

The bleeding takes me by surprise, as it regularly does. Having moments ago concluded that I have little to offer, my existence is hollow, and I am simply. Not. Good. At. Anything. I feel an almost ...

Jessica Biel will publish 'A Kids Book About Periods' on May 14, 2024. There was a joke I heard a lot growing up about people who get their periods. I won’t repeat it here, but believe me when I say ...

I turned 30 in December 2021 and - spoiler alert for anyone approaching it - it wasn’t the big ‘to-do’ that I imagined 30 would be (after growing up ingesting every rom-com ever made). I thought I ...

My son is super clingy and often comes to the bathroom with me. One of those times I was on my period, so I took the time to explain to him what it meant. Normalizing periods might help him be more ...