Typically: animated short challenges menstrual taboos
British directors Anna Ginsburg and Caitlin McCarthy have created "Typically," a colorful animated short film about menstruation, produced for the #NoShameHere campaign by London-based association Bloody Good Period. The film features bright characters dealing with their "biological clocks," armed with sanitary pads and hot water bottles, reclaiming their nature against rhetoric. Accompanied by a pop soundtrack, the video is produced by Zoe Elizabeth Muslim and includes a fundraiser urging the UK government to make menstrual hygiene products free. The campaign aims to break the silence around menstruation, a topic still taboo in political, cultural, and economic discourse despite affecting half the world's population.
Key facts
- Anna Ginsburg and Caitlin McCarthy directed the animated short 'Typically'
- The film is part of the #NoShameHere campaign by Bloody Good Period
- Bloody Good Period is a London-based association providing educational projects and free feminine hygiene products
- The video features bright characters dealing with menstruation
- It includes a fundraiser to ask the UK government to make menstrual hygiene products free
- The film was produced by Zoe Elizabeth Muslim
- The short aims to challenge taboos around menstruation
- The topic remains largely banned from political, cultural, and economic discussion
Entities
Artists
- Anna Ginsburg
- Caitlin McCarthy
- Zoe Elizabeth Muslim
Institutions
- Bloody Good Period
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom