There are over 685,000 movies on IMDB (June 2024), but as few as 400 of them contain dialogue about periods. People who menstruate make up around 26% of the global population. We bleed monthly for around 40 years of our lives. But menstruation's representation in cinema sits at around 0.06%.
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<aside> A film acknowledges that menstruation happens,
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<aside> without any characters being ashamed of it,
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<aside> or being shamed by someone else about it (without resolution).
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