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Radio 4,28 Jul 2022,15 mins
Episode 3: Menstruation and Other Taboos
Brown Girl Like Me by Jaspreet KaurAvailable for over a year
Jaspreet Kaur recalls starting her periods as a teenager, when it was treated as a secretive and furtive rite of passage; and asks how the South Asian community can break the taboos around menstruation. She talks frankly about how she has come to understand - and appreciate - her own body, and encourages other women to do the same.
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