Watching the film, while it was both shocking to find out both some of the men and older women in the village didn’t know the scientific reasons for why women menstruate or what a period is, it was also relieving to see someone explain it to them. It felt very progressive to watch the pads be created and watch the village become educated as a whole throughout the short film, but it still initially gave me a bit of a culture shock because it was seen as taboo. I feel like that sort of thing would’ve been less shocking if they were asking children and they didn’t know, but it was grown adults who had no idea. Both periods and the act of menstruating are completely natural things that a woman experiences and it should be seen as such, not some top secret thing.

As for the article regarding obstetric racism, I ended up asking my mother about her childbirth experience when she had me, and am still currently debating on whether or not she was also a victim of obstetric racism. Since it happened twenty years ago I honestly don’t think I should dote on it too much, but it also always feels like this sort of thing is overlooked. I’m not saying I would try and hunt down the nurse or anything because I don’t think it was that serious in the grand scope of things, but honestly my mother didn’t seem upset when I asked her about it, however it could’ve just been that her emotions were prioritized on other things (such as my arrival). I think the last article regarding the debate abotu whether or not transgender people should basically be denied help from medical professionals based on their own decision is beyond ridiculous. It honestly feels like one of those false answers on a multiple choice tests because that’s just how outlandish it sounds to me.