Michaela Coel, we stan.
I May Destroy You
Episode three navigates pleasure and menstruation through a period-sex scene. The scene is intimate and realistic, and a million miles away from the crude and sensationalised TV shagging we're used to. Michaela's character Arabella engages in foreplay with Biagio before he sensitively asks if he can “take this thing out”, referring to a bloody tampon which, upon Arabella's confirmation, he removes with more nonchalance than most people exhibit buying a pint of milk.
The scene was not just groundbreaking or educational for audiences either."In my preparation with Marouane, who plays Biago, he was asking 'really, really does this happen?', and we were having a laugh about it", says Ita."I said to Marouane, who is just the most beautiful soul, the madness is that half of the population in the world spend on average 40 years of their lives menstruating.
This disgust fosters a social reticence around discussions of menstruation that's mirrored on-screen, fuelling the unease that keeps menstrual issues out of public discourse. Tackling this lack of transparency, Gabby Edlin, founder of, provides period products and menstrual education to those least able to access it."What is so glaringly brilliant is the neutrality to which menstruation is presented in the scene," she says.
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