Esther McCarthy: Period dignity should never be a luxury item

"I was determined my kids wouldn’t see it that way. Since they were tiny boys, it’s been treated as a normal fact of life in our house. No mysterious red fairies for them."
Esther McCarthy: Period dignity should never be a luxury item

Esther McCarthy. Picture: Emily Quinn

Auntie Flo is visiting. The painters are in. It’s shark week. 

The things, the yokes. Code red. On the rag. The curse. Bloody Mary is in town. A visit from the red fairy.

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