If you’ve ever gone through the monthly ordeal known as a period and felt like you should be embarrassed by it despite it being totally natural, this song may strike a chord with you.
It’s part of the upcoming TV show Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am, written by Australian comedians Adele Vuko, Sarah Bishop, and Greta Lee Jackson (who star in and directed it).
It perfectly captures the stress-buying that comes with the monthly emptying of your uterus.
And of course, the backwards attitude some men have towards it.
This particular sketch was also written in collaboration with Christiaan Van Vuuren, “so a lot of the lines are channeling male fears and confusion about the issue”, Bishop told BuzzFeed News.
Not to mention this very informative and scientific graphic about what makes up a period.
Fascinating!
For the writers, it was also a play on the expectations of female comedians. “There’s this stereotype that all we write is period jokes,” Bishop said. “So we decided to confront that stigma head-on by dedicating a whole rap song to cover every aspect of the issue.”
“We first premiered it at our live show – we would end it by saying ‘wow, as female comedians we managed to get through a whole show without one period joke’ – then we would launch into this song.”