Today’s episode with Gabriella Kountourides (University of Oxford) is an important and fascinating discussion on premenstrual syndrome (PMS). With over two hundred possible physical and emotional symptoms, Gabriella is trying to understand the ultimate reasons behind PMS symptoms that affect women during their menstrual cycle. She uses an interdisciplinary approach and novel methodology to track women’s experiences of PMS and she hopes to examine these data from immunological and anthropological perspectives.

We also talk about perceptions of women in the workplace and in news/popular media, as well as the importance of community-building and self-care while conducting scientific work.

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If you want to follow Gabriella’s work or ask her questions online, she welcomes you to get in touch through Twitter. She has a blog which you can follow too. In addition, Gabriella’s media appearances are curated on her YouTube page.

You can also find Michael on Twitter and Instagram.

We both highly recommend the Period Podcast and The Heavy Flow Podcast for more audio content on menstruation, pregnancy, women’s wellness and reproductive health. We strongly suggest you check out the stellar short documentary, Period. End of Sentence, as well, all about a group of Indian women who set up a sanitary pad production business while also fighting the stigmas that surround discussions of menstruation in their local community.

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