THOSE WHO BLEED

Those Who Bleed: Throwing a brick at the cisnormative narrative of periods is a series of pamphlets created to promote awareness about all people from across the gender spectrum who menstruate. It addresses possible questions people may have within the context of gender and menstruation, such as what gender dysphoria is, what cis-heteronormativity is, questions around period stigma, and how those of us in the design field can reconsider the design and the visual language of period products which tend to be very ‘feminine coded’. Each pamphlet is accompanied by an illustration unique to the topic, drawn in an easy-to-interpret and vibrant style.

‘Those who bleed’ was chosen as it speaks directly to everyone that menstruates, across the spectrum.

Those Who Bleed is meant to help people unlearn the gender binary world-view enforced upon us societally, as well as to encourage them to empathise with those whose humanity often lack safe spaces to thrive in.