01of 16Dakota JohnsonXavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Splash News OnlineTheSuspiriastar recentlyopened upabout her always-brutal experience with periods. “If I’m honest, my hormonal changes during my menstrual cycle are ruining my life,” she toldInStyle. “Every month. It’s unbelievable. It’s really f—ing amazing. I can’t get a grip on it. I’m like, what? Every time, I’m totally scandalized about what happens to my body and my brain. My boobs are like eight times the size they normally are. It’s really a traumatic thing, and it happens every month.“Johnson went on to reveal that her years-long struggle with her cycle and finding the right birth control inspired her to work with Global Citizen to advocate for reproductive education. “I really would like to understand and be able to manage things a little better, know what’s happening in my body, and know what I’m putting into it,” she said.
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Dakota Johnson
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TheSuspiriastar recentlyopened upabout her always-brutal experience with periods. “If I’m honest, my hormonal changes during my menstrual cycle are ruining my life,” she toldInStyle. “Every month. It’s unbelievable. It’s really f—ing amazing. I can’t get a grip on it. I’m like, what? Every time, I’m totally scandalized about what happens to my body and my brain. My boobs are like eight times the size they normally are. It’s really a traumatic thing, and it happens every month.”
Johnson went on to reveal that her years-long struggle with her cycle and finding the right birth control inspired her to work with Global Citizen to advocate for reproductive education. “I really would like to understand and be able to manage things a little better, know what’s happening in my body, and know what I’m putting into it,” she said.
02of 16Sophie TurnerJeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBOIn August 2018, theGame of Thronesstar wasphotographed cryingwhile out in N.Y.C. with fiancéJoe Jonas. She later revealed the reason why she was so upset on Twitter, and pretty much every girl could relate.“Lol. Thank god I have a loving fiancé. Periods are a bitch,” she wrote in a now-deleted Twitter post.In response, a user tweeted, “Are you telling [us] that you start crying till your face is burnin' red bc you have ur period? Even when you know paparazzis are behind you? Next joke, please.““Girl … You’ve never had cramps?” the actress shot back.
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Sophie Turner
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In August 2018, theGame of Thronesstar wasphotographed cryingwhile out in N.Y.C. with fiancéJoe Jonas. She later revealed the reason why she was so upset on Twitter, and pretty much every girl could relate.
“Lol. Thank god I have a loving fiancé. Periods are a bitch,” she wrote in a now-deleted Twitter post.
In response, a user tweeted, “Are you telling [us] that you start crying till your face is burnin' red bc you have ur period? Even when you know paparazzis are behind you? Next joke, please.”
“Girl … You’ve never had cramps?” the actress shot back.
03of 16Dove CameronNoam Galai/Getty Images for Beautycon"I used to be really shy [about my period],” Cameron shared in avideo forSeventeen. “I think I didn’t even tell my mom when I started my first period, because I was shy. Like, that’s how shy I used to be. I didn’t tell anybody.““I used to spend my allowance on tampons,” she added. “I just didn’t want to talk to anybody about my body … If I could go back and tell myself that it was okay [to talk about my period], I would go back and tell myself that was okay.“These days, theDescendantsactress is completely comfortable being candid about her menstrual cycle. “I’m totally open about it now,” she said. “It’s actually super cool to get your period. I always get so stoked. My boyfriend’s like, ‘You’re a woman, that’s awesome.’ I’m like, ‘I know, it’s pretty great.'”
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Dove Cameron
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“I used to be really shy [about my period],” Cameron shared in avideo forSeventeen. “I think I didn’t even tell my mom when I started my first period, because I was shy. Like, that’s how shy I used to be. I didn’t tell anybody.”
“I used to spend my allowance on tampons,” she added. “I just didn’t want to talk to anybody about my body … If I could go back and tell myself that it was okay [to talk about my period], I would go back and tell myself that was okay.”
These days, theDescendantsactress is completely comfortable being candid about her menstrual cycle. “I’m totally open about it now,” she said. “It’s actually super cool to get your period. I always get so stoked. My boyfriend’s like, ‘You’re a woman, that’s awesome.’ I’m like, ‘I know, it’s pretty great.'”
04of 16Madison BeerC Flanigan/GettyBeer dealt with an unfortunate leakage situation when she arrived at her firstJustin Bieberconcert.“We pulled up to general admission. In front of like 30 girls, this one girl was like, ‘You’re bleeding, are you okay?'” she recalled in a video forSeventeen. “So I look down, and I was in these little black shorts, and I looked at my mom and I literally started crying and I ran to the bathroom.““But I was in the general admission area, which means you can’t just walk in, you have to wait in line. So the bathroom I went to was literally an entrance to the artist area backstage,” the singer continued. “I’m knocking and this woman came to the door and I was like, ‘Ma’am I just got my period … can you please let me in. I don’t know what to do. My mom doesn’t have any tampons, please help me!’ She was the sweetest old woman … she let me in and gave me a pad.”
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Madison Beer
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Beer dealt with an unfortunate leakage situation when she arrived at her firstJustin Bieberconcert.
“We pulled up to general admission. In front of like 30 girls, this one girl was like, ‘You’re bleeding, are you okay?'” she recalled in a video forSeventeen. “So I look down, and I was in these little black shorts, and I looked at my mom and I literally started crying and I ran to the bathroom.”
“But I was in the general admission area, which means you can’t just walk in, you have to wait in line. So the bathroom I went to was literally an entrance to the artist area backstage,” the singer continued. “I’m knocking and this woman came to the door and I was like, ‘Ma’am I just got my period … can you please let me in. I don’t know what to do. My mom doesn’t have any tampons, please help me!’ She was the sweetest old woman … she let me in and gave me a pad.”
05of 16Amy SchumerBruce Glikas/FilmMagicSchumer’s brother, Jason Stein, took it upon himself to share her first period story onJimmy Kimmel Live.“I was in the Jewish Junior Olympics playing basketball,” he recalled. “We were warming up before the game, shooting layups, and I see my sister on the side of the court running out with her arms open at me. I was like, ‘Amy! What’s going on?’ She ran up to me, gave me a big hug, and whispered in my ear, ‘Jas, I just got my period!'““Just so you guys know, that was the first time I got it. I wasn’t just going up to tell him about any old period,” Schumer clarified. (Not that she’s shy — at the Emmys in 2016, she declared that she was wearing “Vivienne Westwood and an O.B. tampon.")While on the subject, the star recounted being startled after asking a group of women for a tampon at a recent photo shoot. “The girl goes, in front of the whole room, ‘What size?’ I’m like, I know there’s different sizes of tampons, obviously, but nobody’s ever confronted me,” Schumer shared. “Like, ‘What’s the circumference of your — you’re a big hole, a little hole? How big is the hole in your body?'“While talking toInStyle, the comedian also revealed that she contends with serious PMS. “I need a lot of alone time. Right now I’m getting my period, and I just don’t like [my boyfriend], you know? My PMS is no joke … And it’s directed only toward him, but instead of being in denial about that, we try to work with it. Tonight’s vibe is ‘I don’t want you to even look at me or talk to me,’ and … he’s understanding. He’s too good about it. It actually annoys me.”
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Amy Schumer
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Schumer’s brother, Jason Stein, took it upon himself to share her first period story onJimmy Kimmel Live.
“I was in the Jewish Junior Olympics playing basketball,” he recalled. “We were warming up before the game, shooting layups, and I see my sister on the side of the court running out with her arms open at me. I was like, ‘Amy! What’s going on?’ She ran up to me, gave me a big hug, and whispered in my ear, ‘Jas, I just got my period!'”
“Just so you guys know, that was the first time I got it. I wasn’t just going up to tell him about any old period,” Schumer clarified. (Not that she’s shy — at the Emmys in 2016, she declared that she was wearing “Vivienne Westwood and an O.B. tampon.")
While on the subject, the star recounted being startled after asking a group of women for a tampon at a recent photo shoot. “The girl goes, in front of the whole room, ‘What size?’ I’m like, I know there’s different sizes of tampons, obviously, but nobody’s ever confronted me,” Schumer shared. “Like, ‘What’s the circumference of your — you’re a big hole, a little hole? How big is the hole in your body?'”
While talking toInStyle, the comedian also revealed that she contends with serious PMS. “I need a lot of alone time. Right now I’m getting my period, and I just don’t like [my boyfriend], you know? My PMS is no joke … And it’s directed only toward him, but instead of being in denial about that, we try to work with it. Tonight’s vibe is ‘I don’t want you to even look at me or talk to me,’ and … he’s understanding. He’s too good about it. It actually annoys me.”
06of 16Lena DunhamFilmMagic/FilmMagic for HBODunham, who has long been open about her struggle with endometriosis, told her Instagram followers that she experienced a 13-day-long period in January 2018. “When paparazzi follows you but you’re not even mad cuz you love your look and the chance to show off the leather skirt Jemima lent you and anyway, you’ve had your period for 13 days and the inauguration is in 10 so this is the least of your f—ing problems #bleedforthis,” she captioned a photo.
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Lena Dunham
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Dunham, who has long been open about her struggle with endometriosis, told her Instagram followers that she experienced a 13-day-long period in January 2018. “When paparazzi follows you but you’re not even mad cuz you love your look and the chance to show off the leather skirt Jemima lent you and anyway, you’ve had your period for 13 days and the inauguration is in 10 so this is the least of your f—ing problems #bleedforthis,” she captioned a photo.
07of 16Demi LovatoTaylor Hill/FilmMagicLovato’s family was a littletooexcited about menstruation for her liking. “I told my mom and my sister [when I got my first period] … and they actually embarrassed me so bad,” she told PEOPLE in 2015. “My sister folded a poster board in half and made a card out of it and drew pictures, and it said, ‘Happy Period Day!’ And she drew stick figures and kisses, and she used red markers … I have a pretty good sense of humor, so on one hand, I was totally embarrassed, and on the other, I thought it was awesome.”
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Demi Lovato
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Lovato’s family was a littletooexcited about menstruation for her liking. “I told my mom and my sister [when I got my first period] … and they actually embarrassed me so bad,” she told PEOPLE in 2015. “My sister folded a poster board in half and made a card out of it and drew pictures, and it said, ‘Happy Period Day!’ And she drew stick figures and kisses, and she used red markers … I have a pretty good sense of humor, so on one hand, I was totally embarrassed, and on the other, I thought it was awesome.”
08of 16Kate WinsletDavid M. Benett/Dave Benett/GettyIn her 1998Rolling Stoneinterview, Winslet opened up about being on her period while filmingTitanic. “There were days when you’d just think, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve got my period and I can’t get in that freezing-cold water today,'” she said. “I remember standing up and saying to everyone, ‘Listen, if it suddenly looks likeJaws, the movie, it’s my fault.”
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Kate Winslet
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In her 1998Rolling Stoneinterview, Winslet opened up about being on her period while filmingTitanic. “There were days when you’d just think, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve got my period and I can’t get in that freezing-cold water today,'” she said. “I remember standing up and saying to everyone, ‘Listen, if it suddenly looks likeJaws, the movie, it’s my fault.”
09of 16Miley CyrusDimitrios Kambouris/GettyCyrus shared her first period story withMarie Claire, revealing that the crimson tide rolled in at theHannah Montanastudio while she was wearing white pants. “It was so embarrassing, but I couldn’t leave. And I was crying, begging my mom, ‘You’re going to have to put the tampon in. I have to be on set,'” she said.
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Miley Cyrus
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Cyrus shared her first period story withMarie Claire, revealing that the crimson tide rolled in at theHannah Montanastudio while she was wearing white pants. “It was so embarrassing, but I couldn’t leave. And I was crying, begging my mom, ‘You’re going to have to put the tampon in. I have to be on set,'” she said.
10of 16Chrissy TeigenVivien Killilea/Getty ImagesTeigen lamented her “period skin” on Twitter in July 2017. “This is my skin on my period. Look at it — so angry,” she said in a video. It wasn’t the first time she mentioned her cycle on social media. “How long before your period do you get to start blaming your period for things? I say 6 days is reasonable, 10 is a ballsy stretch,” she pondered in a 2014 tweet.
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Chrissy Teigen
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Teigen lamented her “period skin” on Twitter in July 2017. “This is my skin on my period. Look at it — so angry,” she said in a video. It wasn’t the first time she mentioned her cycle on social media. “How long before your period do you get to start blaming your period for things? I say 6 days is reasonable, 10 is a ballsy stretch,” she pondered in a 2014 tweet.
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Mirai Nagasu
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The Olympic figure skater toldCosmopolitanthat her menstrual cycle doesn’t tend to affect her performance.
“It’s really not that big of a deal [to skate on your period]. You just stick a tampon up there,” the athlete added. “Periods can induce cramps for me, which I find exercise helps [alleviate].”
12of 16Sarah SilvermanCharley Gallay/GettyThe comedian shared a poignant “menstrual cycle haiku” on Twitter: “Crime scene in ur pants./ Ain’t no man could handle that./ Maybe a marine.”
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Sarah Silverman
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The comedian shared a poignant “menstrual cycle haiku” on Twitter: “Crime scene in ur pants./ Ain’t no man could handle that./ Maybe a marine.”
13of 16Aly RaismanCraig Barritt/GettyThe Olympic gold medalist toldCosmopolitanabout what it’s like to get your period while competing as a champion gymnast. “When you’re really nervous, you have butterflies in your stomach, and you have your period — it’s just not a good combination. You just kind of have to just keep going … You can’t tell the judges you want to compete tomorrow or wait a few days,” she said. Raisman also opened up about her intense period pain, saying, “Some months, I literally feel like I can’t get out of bed.”
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Aly Raisman
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The Olympic gold medalist toldCosmopolitanabout what it’s like to get your period while competing as a champion gymnast. “When you’re really nervous, you have butterflies in your stomach, and you have your period — it’s just not a good combination. You just kind of have to just keep going … You can’t tell the judges you want to compete tomorrow or wait a few days,” she said. Raisman also opened up about her intense period pain, saying, “Some months, I literally feel like I can’t get out of bed.”
14of 16Jennifer LawrenceShutterstockLawrence shed light on how menstruation can affect red carpet plans while chatting about her gown for the 2016 Golden Globes. “That was my plan-B dress,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar. “Plan A was a dress that I couldn’t wear because awards season is synced with my menstrual cycle, and it has been for years. [The dress I wore] was loose at the front. And I didn’t have to worry about sucking anything in. The other dress was really tight, and I’m not going to suck in my uterus. I don’t have to do that.” Preach it.
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Jennifer Lawrence
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Lawrence shed light on how menstruation can affect red carpet plans while chatting about her gown for the 2016 Golden Globes. “That was my plan-B dress,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar. “Plan A was a dress that I couldn’t wear because awards season is synced with my menstrual cycle, and it has been for years. [The dress I wore] was loose at the front. And I didn’t have to worry about sucking anything in. The other dress was really tight, and I’m not going to suck in my uterus. I don’t have to do that.” Preach it.
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Bella Thorne
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Despite their best efforts, Thorne’s date eventually figured out what was going down. “I end up getting really upset because he does notice and he’s like, ‘Oh, it’s fine, who cares!’ and I was like ‘I CARE!’ and I started bawling in Target,” she said. “Then I changed, and the outfit was ugly, and I was mad because I didn’t look good on our date!”
16of 16Mindy KalingSteve Granitz/WireImageIn an open letter published inRookie: Yearbook Two,The Mindy Projectstar remembered being insecure while waiting for the blood to start flowing as a teen.“I started menstruating in ninth grade. I spent all of eighth grade faking that I had my period, down to sticking Kotex in my underwear in case anyone needed proof,” she wrote.
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Mindy Kaling
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In an open letter published inRookie: Yearbook Two,The Mindy Projectstar remembered being insecure while waiting for the blood to start flowing as a teen.
“I started menstruating in ninth grade. I spent all of eighth grade faking that I had my period, down to sticking Kotex in my underwear in case anyone needed proof,” she wrote.
source: people.com
