Only bleeding: How Swedes opened up about periods
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Skaters - The Art of Skating
Three different pictures of ice skaters that had menstrel stains their crotches. The images were simple, black ink on white paper with red water colour. Theyh'd already appeared in one of leev's best selling books. Skaters were supposed to represent a utopia for people who meant drate where there's no shame about periods. One had the caption, it's all right, i'm only bleeding recycling and giving a feminist twist to the title of a bob dillon song. Protesters threw pain to the posters, and some opposition politicians on the right argued it was a misuse of taxes to put them up in public. But others loved them. I think it's great
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