Vicious Cycle

Your blosts are back — and we. are. ANGRY! We kick off this season during a real bleak month (millenium?) reminding us that society is still a hot pile of steamy garbage. That's why we're so glad to have each other this season — and you, dear blisteners — to process, rage and ACT (hint: upcoming live show to rally the troops around abortion rights). Catch up with us as we cover Where We Bled, take...

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It's a movie that COULD NOT be more up our alley: a tale of tweens in the early aughts livin' life, gettin' horny & startin' their periods, all while stanning boy bands. We reviewed Pixar's latest masterpiece, TURNING RED, for our Patreon supporters — but we're giving ALL the blisteners this sneak peek of the episode. If you want to hear our entire review, hop on over to Patreon.com/viciouscyclepo...

We're calling this a breakthrough episode because we have to laugh through the pain, right blisteners?! We've got a great ep for you, with special guest Liv Vasquez, who is suing the city of Portland, Oregon for the adverse effects police tear gas had on her menstrual health. Liv was living in Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2020 during the demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd, i...

Ok, we know at this very moment everything may not be *totally* fine — maybe you're getting a root canal, a colposcopy, a subpoena... we know life gets messy and sometimes you need to tune out. That's why we recorded another Everything Is Fine episode as our finale to season five! We needed it, and we figured you might, too. Join us for songs, quizzes and dramatic readings from the most ridiculous...

We've got another episode dedicated to a reusable period product — you know we love those!! This week we're covering menstrual discs with special guest Rachael Newton, who created the reusable Nixit disc. We reminisce with Rachael about our first meeting (at a party with a boob-ball pit of course), talk about where Nixit came from, and get into her menstrual journey. We also break down what menstr...

If you're like the blosts, you were insanely curious about what the other room learned about puberty when they split up the classes for sex ed. We've joked about it and even wagered some guesses, but Meg Hayes did the dirty work to get some real answers. This week's episode is all about puberty for kids assigned male at birth. We find out what we have in common (spoiler: A LOT) and cover the giggl...

The blosts were honored to have DivaDelux herself on the pod this week — that's right, we talk with Danielle Perez about comedy, periods and all the various ways the comedy world (and hey, the world in general) really need to up their accessibility game. Danielle is also a Catholic-education survivor from SoCal, so she and MeyHay had a lot to unpack together. Pop in an OB, pray it doesn't get lost...

After five seasons of talking about uteri, it has come to our attention that one of our very own blosts has had a very special uterus this whole time! Meg T walks us through various uterine anomalies — how they form, their various shapes and diagnoses, and exactly what is going on with her baby box. It's a classic bleedsearch episode with lots of interesting info and even more follow-up questions....

WARNING: After listening to this episode, you will never think about your period the same way! The blosts were delighted to talk with the Cycle Magic Sisters (AKA Rachel LaForest and Angie Ilg), two bad ass VIBs who started Cycle Magic, a program all about harnessing the natural power of our menstrual cycles and tapping into our 'womb wisdom.' It sounds witchy and it IS! Hunker into those hormones...

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! We've fantasized about swag for a long time and now that day is here. You can wear, carry, lay on, write in and drink out of stuff that has our logo on it - and we hope to do more designs soon. First, we just want to give people what they want - a big ol' uterus.

We enjoy nothing more than digging into retro period product ads and this time we do it with our friend and fellow podcast host Aviva Siegel! Aviva hosts the pod Ad Wizards (Kate was on her show a few weeks ago talking about compilation CD commercials - check it out wherever you get your podcasts!), so we wanted to bring her on to help break down some classic tampon ads. Oh, and Meg H introduces u...

We've got some good ol' fashioned bleedsearch for ya this week! Kate did a bit of a deep dive into emergency contraception (aka, the morning after pill, aka Plan B). She tells us how it works, the various brands out there (we see you Option 2), and adamantly reminds us IT IS NOT AN ABORTION PILL, MARJORIE. And then Kate destroyed us with a quiz that you are not ready for. Throw on an expired condo...

We've had the pleasure of knowing this gem-of-a-human since college and she's been a blistener since episode one... and now you're very lucky to get her in your ear holes — it's NADIA VAZQUEZ! Nadia joined us to talk about one of the best shows on television today: PEN15. We get into the episodes that cover menstruation and then gush about the creators, being a teen in the 90's and early aughts, N...

Carla Lee is back, blisteners! Our dear friend and hilarious human returned to fill us in on what's terrifyingly coined as the "fourth trimester," aka, the first three months post-birth. When Carla was last on the pod, she was unknowingly pregnant with her second baby — now she's on the other side with stories of placenta pills, vagina care after labor, and just general insights into how super eas...

Karla Welch and Sasha Markova were sick of the toll disposable period products were taking on the environment — and society's general attitude towards our cycles. So, they founded The Period Company and made affordable, size-inclusive, cute period undies while embracing and celebrating our bleed. We talk origins, menstrual journeys, and hear some of the most badass leak stories of our lives. Go fi...

Soooo, the past 15 months have been rough, huh? And to pour lemon juice into our very fresh, deep 2020 paper cut, we're learning that some folks have noticed that COVID, the vaccine and tear gas (which we can't BELIEVE is still used by police on it's own people JFC RAAAAGE...ahem) have altered periods. So, we thought an 'On the Bleedia' episode was in order — we did a some bleedsearch and dug into...

We had the distinct honor of having comedian and musician Marcia Belsky on the pod! We dig into her hit song 100 Tampons, the space program, cis-dude reactions, first periods, recent periods, writing musical comedy, and selling out to any period brand that is hiring. Throw some loose tampons in your bag and join us on our rocket ship of laughs.

Kate had a baby! And we've got every detail about that experience right here in this episode. Kate leads us through what the day was like, what contractions actually feel like (including recording herself going through one!), the various bodily functions that let rip when you're in the throws of labor, and her c-section (aka, baby came out through the sun-roof). Also relive the day via our text me...

This has been a LONG. TIME. COMING. After getting fully vaxxed, Kate and The Meg's got together in THE SAME ROOM to hold each other's damn hands and talk about their periods. We cover Kate becoming a mom (more on that in next week's episode), Meg T's cystecomy, and Meg H's beast of a new period. Also love, laughs new crazy period questions and our very own PATREON to ring in season five! So get to...

JUNE JUNE JUNE! 9TH 9TH 9TH! Vicious Cycle season five will PREMIERE PREMIERE PREMIERE! We've got another great season coming at ya, with hilarious guests, lots of bleedsearch, and TOUCHING BECAUSE WE CAN BE IN THE SAME ROOM AGAIN. Stock up on heating pads and products, bleeders, we're back!

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It's no surprise that we had LOTS to talk about with OBGYN Dr. Kate White, so here is part two of our interview. We bring back questions from previous episodes, like how worried should we be about exploding ovaries, and do we stop bleeding in swimming pools? But, Dr. Kate also shares her experience with pregnancy loss and what spurred her to start a miscarriage clinic for those suffering a loss. L...

Next to the pod's impending baby, interviewing gyno extraordinaire Dr. Kate White was our light at the end of the 2020 hellscape-tunnel. (If you're new and wondering who Dr. Kate is, check out our Ask a Gyno episodes in season two!!!) We saved up our most weird and random questions and she delivered the goods. In part one of our chat, we cover topics ranging from cervixes to IUD's and we even get...

With the VAST array of options for uterus-havers, some of us have wondered aloud and loudly "is male birth control ever going to be a thing?" This week, Kate did the bleedsearch to answer that question and many more! We review the history of BC, talk about options in the works for sperm-holders, found more reasons to adore Loretta Lynn, and wrap it all up with a song (of course we did). Come for o...