Anita Diamant and Melissa Berton the creators, respectively, of a book and an Oscar winning film dealing with menstrual injustice” – Period, end of sentence.
Anita’s collection of essays was inspired by the film and her research. “The real question here is about dignity, One should be able to take care of ones necessary bodily functions in dignity. That is sorely lacking in many many places around the world and not just in poorer countries but in your very own zip code.”
“I really want to shout out to kids as young as thirteen who refuse to be ashamed about this… I feel like there is that voice in the world, all over the world. ..There’s a sense of self awareness that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the idea that we should be ashamed of …a function with out which there would be no human beings.”
Anita’s collection of essays was inspired by the film and her research. “The real question here is about dignity, One should be able to take care of ones necessary bodily functions in dignity. That is sorely lacking in many many places around the world and not just in poorer countries but in your very own zip code.”
“I really want to shout out to kids as young as thirteen who refuse to be ashamed about this… I feel like there is that voice in the world, all over the world. ..There’s a sense of self awareness that there’s something fundamentally wrong with the idea that we should be ashamed of …a function with out which there would be no human beings.”
Menstruation is not the curse. The curse is shame.
In this time due to covid some people don’t have extra money, but as a kindness we should make sure that their are pads in the rest rooms where we work, where we attend church, or in public restrooms, any place you feel they might be needed,
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Thanks for the thoughtful interview.