52: The Period Piece (There Will Be Blood)

The Mortified Podcast

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 March 2016

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Women relive the horrors of the 1st time they faced “that time of the month.” The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen @ getmortified.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Radio Tapio.
0:04.0	From PRX.
0:10.0	Dear Diary.
0:11.0	6th grade.
0:12.0	February 14th.
0:13.0	1991.
0:14.0	I am really depressed.
0:15.0	How could she break up with me?
0:17.0	Mom, you can't read this.
0:24.0	Dear Diary, my period hasn't come yet.
0:29.0	I had a lot of bloody noses.
0:34.0	Maybe my period is coming out of my nose.
0:40.0	That's Christina Wong.
0:42.0	Now, there are many milestones that let us know we're growing up.
0:45.0	Graduations, that first kiss, the sudden appearance of body hair.
0:49.0	But none of those milestones are filled with as much anticipation and awkwardness
0:53.0	as the moment a girl's body announces it's become a woman.
0:57.0	And no matter what your background is or what language your family might speak,
1:01.0	the moment it all goes down can seem so sudden and confounding.
1:05.0	As heard in Christina Sincsoon's diary.
1:08.0	I watched Dr. Quinn, and when I was about to go to bed,
1:11.0	I found what looked like to be Kakka in my chonness.
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