She’s gonna blow!

Content note: In this episode we talk about some sensitive topics, including pregnancy and miscarriage. We refer to women, girls  and female reproductive systems a lot, as we’re talking about menstrual cycles, but we don’t believe that’s the defining characteristic of womanhood. Protect the dolls!

Sinéad and Mel are heading straight for the downstairs department: that’s right, we’re talking first periods, school sex ed, and all the weird/genius names we had for our “bits” in the early 2000s. Tampons were flying, and so were the rumours about Toxic Shock Syndrome.

From that one chaotic day the entire school learned about reproductive systems, to being handed the pill without much conversation, we’re unpacking how our understanding of our bodies was shaped early on. And how, after nearly two decades on hormonal contraception, we’re feeling a bit disconnected from our bodies.

This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her?
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