Episode 0 - Introducing Visualising Menstruation

Blood, Thread and Lockdown (Bonus)

Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. In this episode (a brief departure from our promised schedule) Bee shares project updates, reflects on their experience as Artist in Residence at St Andrews during Covid, talks through some of the menstrual art historical touchstones of their work, and reveals how an iconic academic gown was transformed into menstrual art. Listen now.   Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/flow-state [https://track.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fra%2Fflow-state/vZub/za7BAQ/AQ/9c7e1ee0-78cc-4dce-90b7-dddfbfd65c11/4/24MUuqRA3P] License code: KL36RERAGRJTA1OS Follow us on Instagram @visualising_menstruation [https://www.instagram.com/visualising_menstruation/] Get involved at: https://forms.microsoft.com/e/Vc2h3dqPH8 [https://forms.microsoft.com/e/Vc2h3dqPH8] Find out more about Bee at www.beehughes.co.uk [http://www.beehughes.co.uk/] and full show notes here [https://www.beehughes.co.uk/visualisingmenstruation/2026/3/5/shownotes-s1e3-there-will-be-blood-part-1] The Visualising Menstruation project is supported by LJMU Faculty of Society + Culture funding. The Artists Residency and Blood Lines project discussed in this episode were funded by a Diversity and Inclusion Grant from the University of St Andrews. Bee’s residency was hosted jointly by the St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art and Institute of Gender Studies.

There Will Be Blood (Part 1)

Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. In today's episode (part 1 of a 2-part special) join Bee to explore how artists have shaped the aesthetics of menstrual blood, from the language of disgust and stigma to imagery that celebrates blood’s beauty, power, and symbolism, and work that uses menstrual blood as a metaphor for social and political violence. We’ll talk about art made by men about menstruation, think through how some works link menstrual blood to universal ideas of femininity, and others that totally reject that framework to make bold political statements. It’s a conversation that goes way beyond the bloody binary — we hope you enjoy.  Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/flow-state [https://track.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fra%2Fflow-state/vZub/za7BAQ/AQ/9c7e1ee0-78cc-4dce-90b7-dddfbfd65c11/4/24MUuqRA3P] License code: KL36RERAGRJTA1OS Follow us on Instagram @visualising_menstruatio [https://www.instagram.com/visualising_menstruation/]n Get involved at: https://forms.microsoft.com/e/Vc2h3dqPH8 [https://forms.microsoft.com/e/Vc2h3dqPH8] Find out more about Bee at www.beehughes.co.uk [http://www.beehughes.co.uk/] and full show notes here [https://www.beehughes.co.uk/visualisingmenstruation/2026/3/5/shownotes-s1e3-there-will-be-blood-part-1] The Visualising Menstruation project is supported by LJMU Faculty of Society + Culture funding.

Bring Out the Bodies

Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. In this episode we’re going to get into the thorny issues of the naked body in art. Why has femininity historically been labelled as the object, and masculinity as the subject? Is it possible to wrest control of representing bodies away from the regime of the male gaze? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/flow-state [https://track.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fra%2Fflow-state/vZub/za7BAQ/AQ/9c7e1ee0-78cc-4dce-90b7-dddfbfd65c11/4/24MUuqRA3P] License code: KL36RERAGRJTA1OS Follow us on Instagram @visualising_menstruatio [https://www.instagram.com/visualising_menstruation/]n Get involved at: https://forms.microsoft.com/e/Vc2h3dqPH8 [https://forms.microsoft.com/e/Vc2h3dqPH8]  Find out more about Bee at www.beehughes.co.uk [http://www.beehughes.co.uk/] and full show notes here [https://www.beehughes.co.uk/visualisingmenstruation/2026/2/5/visualising-menstruation-s1e2-bring-out-the-bodies]

Painting the Town Red

In the first full episode Bee talks about why they think it's important to paint the airwaves red with menstrual talk, they discuss some of the ways menstruation has been theorised by art historians and other academics, and discuss examples of art projects by Jen Lewis and Vanessa Tiegs. Full show notes here [https://www.beehughes.co.uk/visualisingmenstruation/2026/1/7/shownotes-s1e1-painting-the-town-red]. Visualising Menstruation is written, hosted, edited and produced by Dr Bee Hughes. Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/flow-state [https://track.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fra%2Fflow-state/vZub/za7BAQ/AQ/9c7e1ee0-78cc-4dce-90b7-dddfbfd65c11/4/24MUuqRA3P] License code: KL36RERAGRJTA1OS

Episode 0 - Introducing Visualising Menstruation

In this episode get to know Bee, find out how you can get involved & discover Bee's thoughts on menstrual liminality. Full shownotes: https://linktr.ee/visualisingmenstruation [https://linktr.ee/visualisingmenstruation]  Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/flow-state [https://track.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fra%2Fflow-state/vZub/za7BAQ/AQ/9c7e1ee0-78cc-4dce-90b7-dddfbfd65c11/4/24MUuqRA3P]License code: KL36RERAGRJTA1OS