Menstrual Health Advocate 🩸
About Me
Hey, I’m Emilie, and I live in South Wales. My favourite things include reading non-fiction novels, listening to podcasts during my daily walks, and spending time with my amazing boyfriend.
I have always been passionate about feminism and women’s health, and I find great fulfilment in helping others feel understood and less isolated through my articles and by sharing my own experiences.
My Work
Articles I've Written
How to Master Your Cycle
Menstruation is not the main event of the menstrual cycle! As Dr Hazel Wallace explains in the podcast ‘Zoe Science and Nutrition’, the menstrual cycle is an ‘orchestration of hormones’ with a beginning, middle, and end. This ‘orchestra’ is a beautiful process which encourages us to rest, ruminate, and reconnect with our bodies.I don’t know about you, but I was led to believe that the period was the most important (and annoying) part of a woman’s cycle. Most of us will track it on calendars, dre...
The History Of Female Hysteria
The misdiagnosis of women’s health issues is not a modern dilemma. It is rooted in the complex and long history of female hysteria.
This diagnosis reflects prevailing cultural ideas and the role of medical sexism in punishing women who refused to conform. So, what exactly was female hysteria? How did it reflect societal beliefs? Why does it still matter today?
Hysteria was an erroneous medical label, assigned to women across different historical periods. Today, the word ‘hysteri...
This diagnosis reflects prevailing cultural ideas and the role of medical sexism in punishing women who refused to conform. So, what exactly was female hysteria? How did it reflect societal beliefs? Why does it still matter today?
Hysteria was an erroneous medical label, assigned to women across different historical periods. Today, the word ‘hysteri...
OPINION: Period stigma - We don’t know our bodies
It wasn’t until I was 19 years old, whilst reading Maisie Hill’s novel Period Power, that I first heard that extremely painful periods should not be considered ‘normal’.
I had spent so many years believing that menstrual pain was an unavoidable part of womanhood and something I had to accept.
Education on the menstrual cycle at school was limited and didn’t prepare me for the changes my body and mind were about to go through. There was no discussion on important topics such as hormones, the im
I had spent so many years believing that menstrual pain was an unavoidable part of womanhood and something I had to accept.
Education on the menstrual cycle at school was limited and didn’t prepare me for the changes my body and mind were about to go through. There was no discussion on important topics such as hormones, the im