Why such a fuss over PERIODS?

Today is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Thus, a day to reflect upon for half of the world’s population. No! Scratch that. Allow this humble writer to rephrase the opening line. Today is World Menstrual Hygiene Day, and it is a day for all us menstruators and non-menstruators to reflect upon the nature of the subject. … Continue reading →

The Lure of EMPTY WORDS

“No, there is no need to apologise”, he said after suffering from my unfeeling sorry. “I am just plainly disappointed. I don’t know why people are like this nowadays.” As there might be several permutations of reasons behind this single sentence, I would be quick to point out that there was nothing emotional going on… Continue reading →