Suggestions like getting a`menstrual scans country ner' for women before they enter a temple has unleashed to a furore around the. In some case, the backlash has taken a creative and artistic, the outcome of which is rather cool. Following the stir that followed the comments by Prayar Gopalakrishnan, President of the
Devoswom Board to get scanners installed to check if women were menstruating before allowing them to enter the temple premises, there were many campaigns, including
#HappyToBleed.
The latest on those lines are accessories by a 22-year-old London-based artist, these have been inspired by periods in order to break the taboos around it. These accessories include a ring that looks like a sanitary pad, bead embroidery designs to pin on a dress that look like blood stains,
charm bracelets with designs of a tampon, a sanitary towel and tampon in a wrapper that indicate that time of the month. The idea is to debunk the taboo surrounding
menstruation in order to explore the idea of female bodily shame by using the imagery of periods and how it affects their bodies.
The designer's idea was to de-stigmatise menstruation by creating beautiful
jewellery out of something that is usually associated with embarassment and celebrate it instead.