Underwear brand Modibodi and illustrator Justyna Green have collaborated on the relaunched First Period Kit, which includes a comic that speaks to teenage girls' first experience of getting their period.
The kit includes a comic and sticker kit designed by Green and several Modibodi products, including a waterproof bag for changing, two pairs of Black Hipster Bikinis and a handheld mirror intended for exploring the body.
Underwear brand Modibodi and illustrator Justyna Green have collaborated on the First Period Kit
Green's comic tells the story of two teenage friends ? Rosie and Riya ? and begins on their school bus when Riya gets her first period.
Green aimed to depict Riya's experience in an "honest and warm way", intending to normalise the physical changes teenage girls go through during puberty while depicting the various emotions they can experience during the time, from embarrassment to anger. The kit includes a comic that speaks to teenage girls' first experience of getting their period
The comic aims to break the taboo around female anatomy that has "left too many girls disconnected from their bodies, or even worse ? ashamed of them," said Green.
In the comic, Riya holds up the kit's mirror to inspect her vulva for the first time.
According to Green, this was a conscious choice in prompting teenagers to understand their body parts better, which the illustrator says is the first step toward wider change needed to destigmatise periods as "s...