Bird Pinkerton
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
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Like, as I was reporting out this story and talking to people, they kept saying that, yes, menstrual fluid has been seen as trash historically, like something to be disposed of.
But in the last decade or so, people have started doing a lot of really cool, really interesting menstrual fluid research.
People are realizing that menstrual fluid is kind of a treasure.
And sure, like, progress is slow.
And this particular example of promising research hit a funding snag.
But this doesn't have to be the end of the story.
Like, even if Gemma isn't the person who pursues this, she has put the initial research out into the world.
And now maybe someone else out there can keep exploring where she left off.
This episode was produced and reported by me, Bird Pinkerton.
It was edited by Jorge Just and Brian Resnick.
Meredith Hodnot runs the show.
Noam Hassenfeld composed the music.
Christian Ayala did the mixing and the sound design.
Melissa Hirsch did our fact-checking.
And Manding Nguyen is the fact that loggerhead shrikes impale their prey on little spikes and save it for later.
If you want to read more about periods before then, though, I have two book recommendations.
The first is Kate Clancy's book, Period, which talks about Gemma's research and so much more.
And then the second is Leah Hazard's Womb.
I actually first heard about Gemma's research in Leah's book, and I spoke to her about it and also about other exciting period science.
We have a Q&A on the site from that conversation.
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