To seek insight, as a private calendar, to keep notes on bleeding private, to decide who to share menstruation with. | Privacy | → private data, privacy policy, sharing preferences |
To navigate days of pain, to avoid menstruation being used against you, to hide reproductive labour. | Shame | → menstrual stigma, reproductive shame, shaming others, shamed by culture |
To compare length of cycle, to explain unstable emotions (PMS) and physical symptoms (pain, cravings), to gain reassurance. | Reassurance | → the app as reassurance, coping with negative emotions, PMS |
Nana | 40 | Office assistant | Clue | 2 years |
Maja | 37 | PhD fellow | Clue | 2 years + |
Susan | 28 | BA in drama | Woman’s Log | 2 years + |
Sonja | 32 | BA in nutrition and health | My Days | 5 years |
Sandra | 26 | MA in media studies | Clue | 1 month |
Donna | 26 | Consultant | Clue | 1 year 3 months |
Eve | 31 | MA in natural science | Woman’s Log | 6 years |
Dea | 49 | State attorney | Clue | 1.5 years |
Judith | 36 | CEO in PR company | Clue | 4 years |
Ruby | 29 | PhD fellow | Clue | 4 months |
Freya | 28 | MA in Scandinavian languages | Natural Cycles | ¾ years |
Silvia | 28 | MA in aesthetics and culture | Clue | 2 years |