With the objective of creating a space to talk in depth about menstruation from personal experience and in this way contribute to the generation of new discourses and information on the topic, I started the project Bleeding Stories. The idea was to have conversations in small groups with people who wanted to share their experiences and ideas about menstruation.

The first meeting took place in November 2019 with three friends and had the focus on sharing experiences in conversation. The conversation was very pleasant, each freely sharing her anecdotes and we laughed a lot about funny things that had happened to one or the other. There was an innate understanding, a “yes, I know what you mean.” At the end of this dialogue, I gave the participants a drawing of a uterus to paint and as they painted, they conversed more and more fluently. When the workshop was over and we did a little feedback, they told me that the painting was one of the most enjoyable parts of the meeting. It was very enjoyable and I felt that the girls left the workshop feeling stronger.