TMI Project Story Hour Podcast. Period Power Stories, Episode 7: Reframe the shame

Episode #7 | Reframe the Shame

Period Power! Club members Kat and Divine talk sex education, chocolate cravings, and how advocating for period poverty awareness in high school helped set the course for advocacy in all areas of life. 

Xyajah shares her TMI Project monologue, where she speaks about getting her first period at just nine years old, feeling unprepared and unable to speak about it with her family.

“I have brothers who have very opposite values as me. Every time I’m on my period, they’ll be like, grossed out. And they tell me, don’t even touch them, because I’m considered unclean to them. That’s why I felt ashamed at school because my brothers judged me in my own home about my period.” – Xyajah

Episode Notes:

This episode was produced in partnership with HUDSY and Kingston High School’s Period Power! Club. It was written and produced by Hayley Downs, Blake Pfeil, and Raine Grayson. It was directed by Raine Grayson. All episodes are shot and edited by HUDSY.

Episode Contributors:

Storyteller:   Xyajah

Storytelling Prompt:

Write a true story about a time you reclaimed a part of yourself you were once taught to feel ashamed of.

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