There's Nothing Shameful About Periods - We Should Use The Budget To Talk About Them

A few months ago, a friend jokingly asked me: “why do you do so many things to do with, you know… women’s bits?” First I’d campaigned on the tampon tax, then cervical smear tests and the menopause. Whatever next?I started my periods when I was 13, and I hated them with a passion. I still do really - but the difference now is I can talk about them, and I do. It makes some people cringe, others change the subject, take a sudden interest in their shoes, giggle or tell