Perhaps the only thing more natural than the cycle of life and death itself is the life cycle of female menstruation — the ability to impart life and death — and the transitory phases within it. Predictably, the medical community has done its scientific best to abscond with the process. From our doctors to the media, Western women are proffered myriad ways to shorten, hide, sanitize, pathologize, prettify and otherwise nullify the mystery and very normalcy of our feminine essence. 

Christi and Kale were two career girls. They both worked for the same firm. The had joined the firm at the same time and were on the fast track to the top. They were close friends with completely differing personalities.

Christi was reserved and quiet, while Kale like attention and crowds. They were both very good at their jobs and enjoyed a promising future at the company.