Rag mags and monthly issues: Five period zines to stop you seeing red
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Rag mags and monthly issues: Five period zines to stop you seeing red
I couldn’t wait to be inducted into the ranks of this female frustration—the period as albatross, lunar burden, exit ticket from Eden, keys to the authenticity kingdom. Bleeding among the sharks meant being eligible for men, which meant being eligible for hope, loss, degradation, objectification, desire, and being desired—a whole world of ways to
... See moreLeslie Jamison • Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain
to enter into a mindful relationship with your menstrual blood is to reaffirm your own natural bodily processes and inner dynamism, reject shame and reconnect to a long history of menstrual rite.
Menstrual magick: how to use your period blood for spells
“In cultures where women were seen as good, menstruation was seen as something special,” notes Alexandra Pope, founder of Red School and co-author of Wild Power. “In cultures where women were a threat, menstruation was demonised.”
Menstrual magick: how to use your period blood for spells
Zines can be anything from a political condemnation, a mode of processing grief and loss, an anti-capitalist manifesto, to creativity unleashed–or even, all of the above! Duncombe saw something within this medium; he saw an ‘angry idealism’ housed within these zines, a form of potential political upheaval, a way of inspiring change. Today, it is
... See more“I used to experience painful periods and turning that pain into paint was the turning point for me. Not only did my pain go away, but I also realised that the blood is part of a much greater process” – Gabrielle Sonney