Chicago's Menstruation Bathroom Analysis

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The piece from the article that I found most intriguing and inspiring has to be Chicago’s Menstruation Bathroom. Menstruation is seen as such a taboo thing in our society, we don’t openly talk about it. This piece is attempting to fight those taboos by bringing the imagery of Menstruation, the tampons, the pads, the blood, into the open as opposed to being hidden behind the stall doors. For me, this piece has even more meaning because in one of my other cultures classes we learned about women in Nepal who are sent to sleep in cow sheds during their periods because they are considered “impure” while menstruating. So art like this is important to help fight taboos and normalize this thing that is part of human life, and more specifically a woman’s

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