Feeling My Flo

Raising two daughters is hard, especially when they’re in their teens and starting their periods … especially when you’re two dads who have never experienced menstruation. In this episode, Erik and Mark, along with their daughters, Ceci and Liv, talk about how their family navigated periods together.

Cass Bliss was so open about being a transgender and non-binary menstruator that they both received a hateful backlash and were recognized as a world leader. We talk to them about how they got started and how Toni the Tampon was born.

Guided by three generations of López women, we hear how one family’s attitude toward their bodies and menstruation has transformed through time and space. In this episode, twenty-year-old Aszana, her mother, Vanessa, and her grandmother, Rosa, each share their unique period stories.

High schooler Lola Blackman talks to Kamilah about being a late bloomer, her feelings about the idea of “womanhood,” and what it was like to impatiently wait to get her period. Our producer, Mia, also investigates why people are late bloomers – spoiler alert: there’s nothing wrong with it!

Where menstruation is an event that happens to all types of bodies.