Tupua

Self made book bringing together images and stories of menstruation.

The word taboo is said to derive directly from the Proto-Polynesian term tupua, meaning both sacred and menstrual. If this statement is true, it says a lot about the relationship between human beings and menstrual blood, and we could consider menstruation to be the very first taboo. Jack Parker, Le grand mystère des règles – Pour en finir avec un tabou vieux comme le monde