Polluted Blood: Exploring the History of the Representation of Menstruation On-screen

“Polluted Blood” addresses the thematic and visual struggle that the representation of menstruation faces in the film industry. This article uses multiple case studies to exhibit how the bodily function has been plagued by its negative cultural and societal understanding, most of which curated outside of the film industry. “Polluted Blood” focuses on past representation to inform the construction of a new kind of menstrual representation emerging, using Turning Red () as its focal point of comparison.