Menstruacja

They disappear from the world for a few days a month. We treat menstruating women with disabilities as big children who should be locked up at home. The “Fuchsia Lady” project has proven that it doesn’t have to be this way.

Have you ever seen a homeless person on the street in a flowery dress? In makeup? Wearing high heels? Magdalena Borowiec from the “Pogotowie Społeczne” Association talks about how difficult it is to take care of your femininity when your home is on the street.

“Four weeks before the Olympics in Rio, I had a very strong period after a few months’ break. I was shattered. At the most important event in my life, I was hormonally disrupted. Physical effort was the last thing my body wanted to do,” says Angelika Cichocka, a Polish runner.

“When we say that we are in pain, we are not taken seriously. I was at death’s door because of it.” An interview with Eleanor Morgan*, journalist, author of the book “Hormonal”