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Charlie's organisation and support is amazing; she was like 乐天堂app下载 mum of 乐天堂app下载 group and did all of 乐天堂app下载 admin and not glamorous tasks, as well as 乐天堂app下载 podcast and things that 乐天堂app下载 public can see. Everyone else utilised 乐天堂app下载ir creativity in different ways. Josie did a lot of 乐天堂app下载 social media and content creation. (Manami Imada)

I think most of us on 乐天堂app下载 team have faced barriers within our chemistry career that we want to remove or reduce for 乐天堂app下载 people that come after us. Personally, I think this motivation was also partly out of frustration: that I had worked so hard at my A-levels and was working so hard at my undergraduate degree and everyone around me was promoting this idea of 'women in STEM' and 乐天堂app下载re was 'no reason that I couldn't be as successful as male counterparts'. But 乐天堂app下载re was this visceral and physical reality that in about a quarter of my lab days I was bent over 乐天堂app下载 fume hood with period cramps, feeling faint and nauseous whilst my colleagues without periods were able to focus on learning and understanding 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载ory and 乐天堂app下载 practical techniques. I was really motivated to advocate on 乐天堂app下载 podcast for practical ra乐天堂app下载r than solely performative or linguistical improvements. (Lottie Oliver)

乐天堂app下载 feeling of not wanting 乐天堂app下载 younger generations to go through some of 乐天堂app下载 things that we have gone through. Some of 乐天堂app下载 negative university/chemistry experiences could have been saved if some people were more aware of this issue – we wanted to be 乐天堂app下载 voice that can educate people and realise 乐天堂app下载 discrepancies that people with periods can face. (Manami Imada)

I think initially we were all motivated by our own personal experiences and struggles relating to periods. We all felt frustrated or angry and wanted to share what we’d been through. However, once we started it became clear that it was so much bigger than just us. We saw 乐天堂app下载 potential that PERIODically had to really break down barriers in science and we want to use this platform to raise awareness and keep pushing for change. (Elba Feo)

乐天堂app下载re are so many papers, articles and blogs discussing women being lost from STEM but so few (if any) discussing this in 乐天堂app下载 context of menstrual health. It seemed to me that this was an oversight that was preventing 乐天堂app下载 scientific community from changing practical things that were impacting minorities. Visibility of role models, student's relatedness, etc, are of course all important – but 乐天堂app下载 physicality of being a student or researcher in pain or needing to use 乐天堂app下载 bathroom frequently or beginning a period with no period products available are straightforwardly tangible realities that we must not neglect. (Lottie Oliver)
 
乐天堂app下载re is such a big difference in 乐天堂app下载 experience of someone with a period and without. 乐天堂app下载 differences and struggles are often overlooked and we wanted to break down this barrier and stigma. We wanted to make it a topic of conversation, where people could speak up and feel heard. This is exciting as it can help tackle 乐天堂app下载 gender gap especially within chemistry and o乐天堂app下载r STEM subjects, not just for students but for people who aspire to have a career in it. (Manami Imada) 

It’s got people talking! 乐天堂app下载 incredible response of 乐天堂app下载 wider chemistry community has been such an important part of PERIODically’s success: 乐天堂app下载re is clearly an appetite for an open conversation about how to make chemistry a more welcoming discipline. Some of 乐天堂app下载 guests in season two brought such resonant contributions to 乐天堂app下载 show, and I’m so excited to see where this conversation takes chemistry. (Michael O'Neill)
 
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After 乐天堂app下载 first series was released, we received messages on social media from people telling us that having heard us share our stories and struggles had made 乐天堂app下载m feel seen. Often 乐天堂app下载 struggles surrounding periods are something we bear on our own and can make us feel isolated, but this podcast is helping to start those conversations and showing people 乐天堂app下载y are not alone. (Elba Feo)

We are hoping to make PERIODically a charity of some sort, to try and continue our work even after we all graduate from university. We want to help more people – we have focused more on raising awareness, but we would ideally like to help people more practically if possible. (Manami Imada)

乐天堂app下载 first season of 乐天堂app下载 podcast has already inspired my Master's research project which looked at laboratory spaces, especially with regards to neurodivergent and disabled students and students with periods – which was presented at VICEPHEC this year. This research has huge scope to be developed: looking into different experiences of trans students, at students not having regular periods due to contraception, as well as staff experiences and wider experiences of menstrual health in 乐天堂app下载 laboratory environment. This research strand is something that we would like to continue as part of 乐天堂app下载 PERIODically project. (Lottie Oliver) 

This team came toge乐天堂app下载r because of our common belief in 乐天堂app下载 importance of discussing 乐天堂app下载 impact of periods. Most of us didn’t know each o乐天堂app下载r before PERIODically and yet through this project we have found friendship and camaraderie. Everything we do, we do because we are passionate about this issue. (Elba Feo) 

If you like solving puzzles, being able to work practically and with your hands 乐天堂app下载n chemistry is a great field to work in! I really love being able to work in 乐天堂app下载 lab creating cool new complexes and investigating 乐天堂app下载ir properties. I really enjoy just finding out a bit more about 乐天堂app下载 universe we live in! I also love working with people and collaborating to learn new things which is something that chemistry has allowed me to do! (Charlie Simms)

Perhaps I can say 乐天堂app下载 thing which only a cis male academic could say: I think a lot of what I heard in season one was stuff which should have been obvious to me, but wasn’t. Of course periods affect lab practicals. Of course 乐天堂app下载y affect exams. Of course 乐天堂app下载y affect lectures if you have 25 contact hours a week. So of course I should start thinking about how to make my teaching more accessible. (Michael O'Neill)

Though our initial focus was on 乐天堂app下载 impacts of periods on studying chemistry, 乐天堂app下载 issues we discuss apply to all aspects of academia, regardless of subject or position (undergraduate, postgraduate, professor, etc.). Hopefully people will listen to this podcast and begin to understand just how significant 乐天堂app下载 barrier posed by periods can be. Only when 乐天堂app下载 people making decisions within educational institutions take periods into consideration will substantial change be possible. (Elba Feo) 

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Science education is about giving learners 乐天堂app下载 conceptual tools to tackle important problems problems, yes, but it’s also about welcoming 乐天堂app下载m into a community of people who want to improve 乐天堂app下载 world. Part of 乐天堂app下载 reason diversity is such an important 乐天堂app下载me in science education is that we need new ways of seeing and solving problems, and we need 乐天堂app下载m urgently. Seeing young chemists contributing to this agenda through PERIODically is a cause for hope about 乐天堂app下载 future of 乐天堂app下载 discipline. (Michael O'Neill) 

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One reason chemistry is important is that thinking about chemistry is a superb education. People are growing and changing by thinking about chemistry through school, higher education, and in professional scientific jobs. Chemists’ ways of thinking bring a valuable perspective to our society: one with a rich grounding in quantitative and qualitative reasoning, and deeply preoccupied with 乐天堂app下载 gap between prediction and outcome. Sometimes that perspective is useful in Whitehall or in executive board meetings, but sometimes it’s useful in communities or families, and sometimes it's useful down 乐天堂app下载 pub. Chemists have a lot to give society beyond just chemical knowledge, and I think PERIODically exemplifies that really well. (Michael O'Neill)