Almost a year after I started my period a group of nurses came to my high school to conduct a presentation for all the girls.  I remember we gathered in the school library where the entire female student body gathered to observe the presentation.  The presentation started with a brief introduction, then we watched a short clip about puberty and how women across the centuries … Continue reading Tales: Shame – First Period Story (Part 3)

One by one girls in my village fell to Eve’s curse.  Many of the girls started their period in the first year of high school.  I started my period on my summer break after I ended second-form which to most Americans and Canadians is known as eighth-grade.  I was lucky enough to start it during my summer break before I returned to school to begin … Continue reading Tales: Shame – First Period Story (Part 2)