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Story Café Special: Menstruation Myths and Period Drama!
Thursday, 23rd March, 2017, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Put a spring in your step at our lunchtime Story Café, as we travel the world, one tale at a time. Bring along a bite to eat and relax as we enjoy stories and poems from some of the best women writers world-wide.
Story Café is on Thursdays 26th January to 23rd March, 20th April to 4th May, 18th May, 12.30pm to 2.30pm
Every day over 800 million women and girls have their period. They’ve been seen as a luxury, a curse, a symbol of power and a means of exclusion. Menstruation definitely matters, yet we don’t always know how to talk about it. From ‘having the painters in’ to ‘a visit from Auntie Flo’, we’ve invented some extraordinary language around menstruation. But what are we actually trying to say?
Since the beginning of time, women have been telling stories about their periods and in doing so, describing and redefining our relationships with our bodies. Funny, serious, historically accurate and hysterically mis-guided; the tales we tell about ‘the time of the month’ are as contradictory as they are inventive. Join us as we explore stories about menstruation from women across the world.
Our Story Café Specials are an intimate way of hearing some of the freshest voices from Scottish writing. Specials this Spring are: Owersettin’ – Three poets, three languages of Scotland on Thursday 23rd February, Menstruation Myths and Period Drama! on Thursday 23rd March, Fiona Macintosh on Thursday 27th April, and Vicki Husband and Theresa Munoz on Thursday 4th May. Find out all about Story Cafés this Spring here.
We love to see new faces around our table, so pull up a chair, grab a cuppa and rediscover the joy of being read to.
Booking
This event is women only and for 16+. There is no need to book. This event costs £2 full price and you can pay on the day. We offer subsidised and/or free places for students, people on a low income, unemployed or those in receipt of benefit and Friends of GWL.
