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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
Entertainment
Assiah Hamed

Writer and performance artist uses satire to debunk myths around menstruation

Growing up, any young person would know the incoming talk about bodily changes has a tendency of making everyone a little shy and uncomfortable - especially if it involved any details of blood.

However one Brighton-based writer, comedian and performance artist believes that by vilifying menstruation as a ‘dirty’ taboo, it perpetuates a centuries’ long narrative of periods being impure, rather than simply being natural.

Belszki will be bringing the noise to Bristol this April, with her satirical one-woman show, that aims to put a stop to the long-winded myths and misconceptions surrounding menstruation.

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