"How Period Trackers Have Changed Girl Culture"

"“When you see a technology that someone has developed specifically for you as a woman, it really legitimizes talking about your periods and thinking about them,” said Shuangyi “E.E.” Hou, 24, a product designer in San Francisco for apps and websites who has used a period tracker app for over a year. “If we as a society say women should be checking in on their periods, and we give them permission to talk about it, I’m convinced it will be beneficial for women’s health.”"

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/how-period-trackers-have-changed-girl-culture/?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Yesssss. Menstrual shame is the worst/shame about anything health-related is the worst.