Can Talking About Cramps Improve Your Sex Life?
Obviously we're big on communicating about your pain here at CRAMPED - we've covered the research that shows talking about your pain actually reduces your pain levels - but what about PLEASURE? Could ...
17 Mar 50min
Cramps on Film (and Books!)
If you've been looking up some Oscar-nominated short films to watch before the awards show, you may have noticed one called "Jane Austen's Period Drama". Seeing this in theaters inspired Kate to final...
10 Mar 33min
What is Menstrual Leave and Who Has It?
Can you imagine waking up with death cramps, and instead of dragging yourself to work with your heating pad and a bucket of ibuprofen or using up one of your sick days, you could just...use a PAID men...
3 Mar 11min
The Kids Are Alright: Menstrual Education & Advocacy in High School
What's it like to get period pain in middle or high school today? It's been 20 YEARS since my own pretty abysmal menstrual health education, and I wondered - has it gotten better? Has the internet hel...
11 Feb 36min
Sasheer Zamata Doesn't Want To Ride a Horse on her Period
Sasheer Zamata (SNL, Agatha All Along, Ghosts) hangs out for a little 2 person "clam bake" to tell the story of her period pain and fibroids, how she changed her approach to healthcare, and what it's ...
3 Feb 36min
Diet, Exercise, and Period Pain: What You Might Be Missing
Have you ever sought help for your period pain and been told "just lose some weight", or "exercise more", or "just cut out [insert any food group here]"? We know that diet and exercise is important, a...
27 Jan 44min
Is Period Pain All In Our Heads? Subscriber-only Episode Teaser
Dr. Laura Payne, the best-named clinical & research psychologist studying menstrual pain, joins us to talk about how our brains process the sensations of pain. Are there psychological interventions th...
13 Jan 15min
