Female Friendships & Periods In Media

Let’s get real for a second: majority of female friendships and periods are both invisible and misinterpreted. Movies, TV shows and even books love to hype up the ‘perfect’ girl squad and polished best friends — but rarely show the messy, raw and the downright hilarious moments. and when it comes to periods? don’t get me started. it’s either ‘OMG, don’t talk about that!’ or ‘Ew! She’s on her period!’

BESTIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT {Ew, thank you next]

Media loves to show us how we are supposed to act in our friend group that are considered acceptable. the perfect best friend who rarely gets petty, annoyed, jealous and barely voices her boundaries.

There’s so much more than that:

Like the time your bestie stole your crush — or worse! your prized possessions [The Nerve?!}

when you fight over something stupid and then made up at 2am on the dot or the silent judgment she [or they] gave you on how you dress, who you like and how you eat.

And last of all? Periods.

Seriously, can we stop pretending that periods don’t exist in real life?!

• You rarely see the cramps, the mood swings, and the chocolate binjes.
• Menstruation is either a punchline { Ew gross! she’s on her period!} or completely ignored.
• Meanwhile, we’re out here battling PMS, bloating and cramps like warriors.

Let’s normalize periods as part of lifer — the messy, painful and funny adventures we had, most friendships thrive with them and sometimes others don’t.

WHY IT MATTERS :

media itself shows the false friendships and periods as if to be something ashamed of, the messy parts and the empowering parts that comes in many forms to the fact we don’t have to be embarrassed that our struggles are wrong or shameful. Here, we get it at Girlboss Rehab, this is a safe place for all to have fun, l;augh, joke, cry and many more.

CLOSING : feel free to comment down below and share your stories and the things that drives you nuts!

TODAY”S CHALLENGES :

• Tell your best friend something honest, sadness, jealousy or just ‘you get me’
• share a period survival tip that you wish someone had told you sooner
• watch one movie or show and see how often they portray female friendships and periods — either roll your eyes or laugh at what’s missing!