Day Twenty-Eight: New Power
Through this series we have demonstrated how inequalities in research and persistent myths about women's bodies have led to inequalities in healthcare. In this episode, India talks to someone who has ...
21 Mar 202214min
Day Twenty-Seven: The Lessons We Learn
India travels back to the Victorian Age to probe at the use of the vaginal speculum and considers its link to menstrual shame and embarrassment, particularly in education. India then meets Chella Quin...
21 Mar 202214min
Day Twenty-Six: The Shock
India considers the role of the femcare industry in perpetuating menstrual stigma and single use products with Chris Bobel, an Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Unive...
21 Mar 202214min
Day Twenty Five: Why 28 Days?
How long is too long for a menstrual cycle? And what can be the causes of irregular periods? India talks to Dr Anita Mitra and Dr Dornu Lebari about what's 'normal' as well as the hormonal imbalance t...
21 Mar 202214min
Day Twenty Four: To Bleed or Not to Bleed
Millions of women across the world take hormonal contraception either as birth control or to help with problem periods - but do we know how much they might be affecting our brains? In this episode Ind...
21 Mar 202214min
Day Twenty Three: Exercycle
India meets performance physiologist Dr Stacy Sims who offers key advice on how best to tailor your eating and exercise routine to certain points of your cycle whether you’re a regular cycling women, ...
21 Mar 202214min
Day Twenty-Two: Love and the Cycle
India sits down with her husband Mark to talk about the cycle and their relationship. They also meet a couple - Bill and Amy - who tailor their life based around Amy’s cycle. India and Mark try to dec...
21 Mar 202214min
Day Twenty-One: In the Moonlight
We find India at the top of the cliffs of Folkestone in South East England to meet a group of women who swim under the light of the full moon. Meanwhile. on the other side of the world in Australia, ...
21 Mar 202214min
