Name: #12 Periods: How the internet has changed the way we talk about menstruation by Girl Chat - Sex and Relationships Podcast
Duration: 52 min 3 s
Description: This week on Girl Chat, we talk about PERIODS. Why, after millions upon billions of years of women having periods, do we still find it well awks to talk about? Tara Lepore and Chloe Trayford talk stigma, PMS, Googling symptons and actually-helpful apps that can you help you out each month during our 12th (recorded) taboo-busting phone call.

Episode 2 is about the experience of class from the perspective of being the child of an immigrant. Seleena's dad is from Jamaica and she chats to our two guests Kirby (from Ghana) and Melissa (parents from St Lucia/Venezuela)on everything from North/South working class traits, Wakanda, Desmonds, revisiting the country your family is from and class differences from there to the UK, The Good Immigrant book and more.

Episode 2 - Children of Immigrants

Episode 3 welcomes Rachael from RECLAIM, a Manchester based project focusing on young working class people. We discuss gentrification, Big Asda, the idea of girlboss, being talking about or on behalf of, what it means to make it and estate life.

Episode 3 - Young People & Visibility w/ Rachael from Reclaim

From P&G’s Innovation Centre in Newcastle to the Nissan factory in Sunderland, STEM is one of the North East’s biggest assets. But with certain tech companies in the region recently reporting gender pay gaps of almost 30%, it’s clear that there’s a whole lot to be done before we’re seeing true diversity within the industry. 

For our second podcast of 2018 we’ve delved a little further into science, mechanics, gaming and more - to find out what it’s really like for women and minority ethnic communities to get their foot in the door.

Episode 2: Science and Technology

This week on Girl Chat, we talk about PERIODS. Why, after millions upon billions of years of women having periods, do we still find it well awks to talk about? Tara Lepore and Chloe Trayford talk stigma, PMS, Googling symptons and actually-helpful apps that can you help you out each month during our 12th (recorded) taboo-busting phone call.

#12 Periods: How the internet has changed the way we talk about menstruation

All these nights in the city got me feeling pretty sick

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Girl Chat is best friends Tara Lepore and Chloe Trayford talking on the phone about love, sex and relationships. The idea to record their conversations came from years of extremely long phone calls that would often top the 90-minute mark, where they'd talk about everything and nothing at all.

#12 Periods: How the internet has changed the way we talk about menstruation

Girl Chat - Sex and Relationships Podcast

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