Facts & Figures

October 29, 2025 0 Comments

Did you know?

Period! – the online magazine that’s all about menstruation – is available in a Dutch edition too! (…)

Quotes

October 13, 2025 0 Comments

From now on: sustainable menstruation

As an 18-year-old, you know surprisingly little about menstruation and sustainability. That’s why Hannelore Coppens followed the training Menstruation Empowerment Sustainability (MENSY). This is her story. (…) 

Body & Mind

September 7, 2025 0 Comments

Menstruating with a physical disability

Learning to manage your menstruation can be challenging, and that’s especially the case if you have a physical disability. Because you’re blind or visually impaired, for example, use a wheelchair, or are partially paralysed. (…)

Facts & Figures

September 1, 2025 0 Comments

PCOS in the picture

September is PCOS Awareness Month. Although 5 to 10% of women suffer from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, many don’t know about this endocrine disorder. (…)

Body & Mind

August 21, 2025 0 Comments

Your cycle affects your… sleep

Just before and during the first days of your menstruation, you may experience some sleeping difficulties. Five possible causes and solutions if your cycle affects your sleep. (…)

Body & Mind

August 14, 2025 0 Comments

Why do I always get my period on holiday?

Suitcase packed? Got your e-ticket? Locked the back door? Then just read this advice for a cramp- and leakfree holiday. Because of course you always get your period on holiday. This is why. (…)

Facts & Figures

July 28, 2025 0 Comments

Your cycle affects your… brain

What’s the link between your menstrual cycle and your brain? More than you might think: your brain is, after all, controlled by hormones. This is how your hormonal cycle affects your brain. (…)

Art

July 16, 2025 0 Comments

The art of menstruation: Lucy Bink and Ella Suzanne

Menstrual activist Stella Schröter talks to artists Lucy Bink and Ella Suzanne about how art can crack open the stigmatising period narratives many of us have. ‘Menstruation is so much more than biological, painful, or reproductive. It’s a source of creative power. It is art.’ (…)

Facts & Figures

July 1, 2025 0 Comments

July = Fibroid Awareness Month

Lots of women will develop fibroids at some point in their lives. Fibroids can cause serious complaints, like heavy menstrual bleeding or severe pain. To put the spotlights on this underexposed condition, July is Fibroid Awareness Month. (…)

Global

May 14, 2025 0 Comments

MH Day 2025: what’s new?

A lot has happened since the first edition of MH Day in 2014. What has improved? What still needs to improve? And what can you do on MH Day? (…)

Facts & Figures

April 28, 2025 0 Comments

Discussing menstrual problems at work: what’s stopping you?

Discussing menstrual problems at your work. Easier said than done. What holds women back? How can we make this easier? Five Dutch master’s students conducted research. These are their findings. (…)

Body & Mind

March 31, 2025 0 Comments

PME or PMDD: spot the differences

While most people still aren’t sure what PMDD is, another term is emerging: PME. What are the differences between those two cycle-related conditions? (…)

Global

March 5, 2025 0 Comments

Menstruating during Ramadan

Haa’idh? During Ramadan menstruating women have to adhere to specific rules. This is what you need to know. (…)

Facts & Figures

February 28, 2025 0 Comments

Endometriosis – it also affects her

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. All over the world, meetings and events are held to out the spotlights in a serious disease which affects at least one in ten women. Also, more and more celebrities share their stories. (…)

Facts & Figures

February 10, 2025 0 Comments

First period starts earlier and earlier: this is why

Carrying a pack of menstrual pads in your school bag when you’re only eight years old? Perfectly normal. At least, if the trend of girls getting their period at an increasingly younger age continues. What does science says about this? (…)

Quotes

January 13, 2025 0 Comments

Bashali: A Place of Freedom

In the Kalasha culture of northern Pakistan, menstruating women can choose to retreat to a bashali, a sacred space only for women on their period or about to give birth. Human rights lawyer Farah Ahamed gets to visit a bashali and reports on this place of personal reflection and collective wisdom.  (…)

Global

December 31, 2024 0 Comments

Happy 2025!

Wow! 2024 was an amazing year, from the perspective of menstrual awareness and women’s health. Next year will even be better. Therefore have a bloody good and (womens)healthy 2025! We keep you posted! Best wishes from Period Magazine. (…)

Culture

December 27, 2024 0 Comments

Period! Blog Post Top 10

We proudly present: the Period Blog Post Top 10 for 2024 (in random order). All the menstrual inspiration you need for a great december month. And for a happy and healthy 2025. See you next year! (…)

Quotes

December 10, 2024 0 Comments

Submit your menstrual masterpiece

Derogatory comments. Awkward situations. Strange taboos. Does something annoy you? Do you want to share your personal period story? This is your chance. Submit your menstrual masterpiece! (…)

Global

October 21, 2024 0 Comments

Meanwhile in Kenya

Since the launch of Period! Magazine in 2014, we’ve met some wonderful menstrual equity initiatives all over the world. For example Heels4Pads in Kenya. (…)