Josefine Stork

My name is Josefine, and I am starting a revolution. Yes, you read that right – a bona fide cycle revolution. There is simply too much we don’t know about our own bodies and each other’s. No woman can handle that kind of thing alone, though. So join me as I hit the road and invite you to a fun and shocking evening in the spirit of the female cycle.

Ever since I got my first period, my inner, secret hormonal machinery has just been doing its thing. And like many others, I was just a teenager when I started taking that little, practical birth control pill.

But when I stopped taking the pill – to get free from the many side effects – I felt my body and its hormonal changes clearly for the first time. It was as if a fog lifted, and it struck me:

I wonder what it actually is that I’ve been shutting off all these years? And think about it – that neither I nor so many others have ever been given the user manual for our own bodies?

Since then, my body has revealed itself to me, and I have learned things I never knew about myself. About the cycle’s four phases and the hormones at play. About libido, shame, and a pressure to use contraception that has shocking physical and mental consequences.

Today I feel stronger and wiser than ever. When I structure my private life, work life, and social life according to my cycle, it almost transforms into a superpower.

And that is the experience I want to share with you.

Self-loving system critique

In my show, I will make you much wiser about why you feel like Beyonce some days and like a crumpled dishcloth on others.

And if you happen to be having one of those dishcloth days, promise me you won’t be too hard on yourself. Because the entire society is structured around the male 24-hour cycle. And what do you think would happen if we instead structured our lives more around the menstrual cycle?

Would we see fewer burned-out women? Would we see a reduction in women taking sick leave due to stress? I believe so!

A revolution without losers

Even though the French Revolution apparently involved haymakers, torches, and rolling heads, my revolution does not. Because if we want to change something on a large scale, we must start small. Within ourselves and in our own (reproductive) lives.

So take your daughter, mother, friend, sister, or better half (m/f) under your arm, and leave the haymakers at home. I promise a fun, self-loving, and shocking evening with the kind of revelations that will make you both laugh and cry.

And a proud place of honor in a revolution with absolutely no losers.