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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
Staff correspondent, April 8, 2015
An Indian-American artist Kiran Gandhi ran London marathon recently while menstruating and without wearing a tampon or a sanitary napkin.
As Kiran Gandhi completed her run, her pants were stained with the menstrual blood and made a powerful statement that having periods was a natural process and not a showstopper for anything.
She had trained for the London marathon for over a year, which was held to raise awareness about breast cancer. And the night before it started her periods struck. She decided to run without a tampon to raise awareness about women who have no access to feminine products and to encourage women to not be embarrassed about their periods.
"On the marathon course, sexism can be beaten. Where the stigma of a woman’s period is irrelevant, and we can re-write the rules as we choose." the 26-year-old wrote on her
website.
It would also have uncomfortable to wear a tampon for 26.2 miles, she pointed out, asserting that her comfort superseded that of the observer.
A Harvard Business School graduate, Kiran Gandhi, has played drums for singer M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation.
Her brave run is part of the campaign that many are supporting to strip menstruation of its taboo.
Photos of Kiran Gandhi running London Marathon while bleeding
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
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| I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs. Pic - www.Kirangandi.com |
Video: Kiran Gandhi tells her life story at a TedX talk
