3,000 Days of Bleeding

What Exactly Goes on During the Menstrual Phase

Tyler A. Donohue

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If you were blessed to be born with a uterus, then you will experience roughly 450 periods or 3,000 days of bleeding in your lifetime. Despite the fact that vulva-owning humans go through over four hundred menstrual cycles, we’re rarely educated about the particular waxes and wanes of this cycle with it’s four distinct cycles. We rarely…

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Tyler A. Donohue

Pastimes include playing with words, using my passport, and eating croissants. A writer of all things gender, culture, and travel.