PMDD: PMS or a Serious Mental Health Condition?

Every month, millions of women brace themselves for PMS: a few days of bloating, cramps, irritability, maybe some chocolate cravings and a shorter fuse. It’s unpleasant, sure but it’s usually manageable. But what if the week before your period didn’t just make you “a...

PMS Cravings: Comfort or Cultural Cliché?

Chocolate before a period say it out loud and you can almost hear the laugh track. It’s one of those “everyone knows” stereotypes that shows up everywhere: memes, movies, casual jokes between friends, even offhand comments in the workplace. “She must be PMS-ing...