Engaging with menstruating bodies

Advanced from personal experience, my postdoctoral project explores issues of menstrual (un)health. It is a way too understudied subject matter, and far too many menstruating people know next to nothing about the complexities of living with a menstrual cycle; if yet they have lived experiences from the hormonal fluctuations, irregularities, stigma, medical gaslighting, and silence culture surrounding it. For this project, I feel keenly about critically exploring menstrual (un)health as a cross-cultural, commodified and, oftentimes, medicalized phenomenon. Of interest is, for instance, to compare holistic approaches of Eastern practices with Western medicine. I am equally keen to contribute to public discussions regarding hormonal contraceptives, the objectification and monetization of menstruating bodies, and the infradian rhythm inherent in the female biology (especially as related to the circadian rhythm influencing many societal norms and expectations). 

Still very much a work in progress, I am shortly to add more details.