Kiran Gandhi: Be Badass On International Women’s Day (And Everyday). Period.
Photo: Anna Marie Lopez
Kiran Gandhi is full of surprises: She?s the daughter of immigrants from India, but grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, attending The Chapin School for girls. She?s currently a drummer, living a hipster-activist existence in LA, but Hillary Clinton–among other heavy hitters–attended her parents? dinner parties when she was a kid (she and her siblings said hello in their pajamas, but were quickly ushered upstairs again). Â And oh yeah. Â She?s the one who ran the 2015 London marathon while on her period and bled through her spandex, for–literally–all the world to see. Remember her"
Kiran had not expected her period on race day. Normally, her cramps are so debilitating that she skips out on training altogether. So when marathon day came along and she felt the typical twinges, she didn?t know what to do. “I didn?t want to run with a pad because I?d never run with a pad before and that?s chafing and no man I know would run with cotton in his balls for 26.2 miles.”
She was reluctant to consider a tampon an option either, as they run the risk of being erratic over such long distances, under physical duress. Worst case scenario, it would create chafing (not to mention leakage), too.
Why is it that 50% of the world?s population menstruates and we don?t talk about it" Have you ever thought about why very few of us have positive feelings about this"
Kiran has. The marathon forced her to really conf...
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