Why Listening to Those Period Coaches Makes Me Cringe

Diahala Doucouré
6 min readMay 1, 2021
Drop drop drop — Close up — Artwork by Kenma

It has often happened when I expected it the least. While queuing at the supermarket, riding full speed on my bicycle or at my desk, in deep concentration, with a hot water bottle stuck between me and the chair back. It has also happened while laughing with a friend on the phone or in a sneeze when crossing my flat’s cold corridor. I could never really predict the exact moment it would happen. The…

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Diahala Doucouré

(She/ her) 30-something Afro-European woman. I share personal essays and opinion pieces about periods, sexual health and body positivity.