I felt a release within me. This feeling of being trapped letting go as I went the next few days of this cycle with a cup. It gave me the courage to research menstrual cups and other relevant, eco and biologically friendly products.

The restrictions that are placed on certain bodies come in the form of expectations surrounding religious space, sexuality, and sexual expressions, and who you now get to interact with.

“In that moment I felt my spirit join my ancestors to look at my body from birds-eye view – a 19-year-old Tamilachi from Canada travelling alone. And she is bleeding.”