Sociologist and founder Dr. Moriah Brewer joins Becky to ask a question most of us were taught never to ask out loud: why is something that happens to roughly half the population still treated as shameful, private, and inconvenient?

Moriah unpacks why periods get hidden (hint: it's about usefulness, not modesty), shares her own years-long journey through undiagnosed PCOS, fibroids, and infertility, and explains the difference between equity and equality using periods as the clearest possible example.

They dig into period leave policy, period poverty, medical racism in healthcare, and why "care" might be the one truly AI-resistant human skill left. Moriah also introduces Like Home, the period care platform and doula network she's building from the ground up.

Topics Covered:
(01:33) Why periods stay hidden: Moriah's theory that it comes down to usefulness, not modesty
(04:27) Why this conversation includes trans men and all menstruating bodies, not just women
(05:54) Moriah's own period history — fevers, vomiting, being told she was "dramatic" — and the diagnoses (PCOS, fibroids, a uterine polyp) that came only after a fertility struggle
(10:11) The vision behind Like Home: a period care home, app, and in-home doula network built on service, not just products
(13:23) "Believe women" — Moriah's own experience with medical racism, including underrating her pain to an EMT at 19
(15:51) Period leave policy today: 2% of US companies now offer it (up from zero seven years ago), plus what Italy and Japan are doing
(16:44) Moriah's ideal world: self-determination during your period, free period products, and addressing period poverty (2 in 5 Michigan women affected)
(20:26) Equity vs. equality, explained through the lens of periods and privilege
(23:12) Why fighting for period leave benefits everyone — disability leave, paternity leave, and mental health leave all ride on the same fight
(29:34) Why "care" might be the one thing that's AI-resistant, and the return to community-based care
(35:41) The barber story: six weeks of guaranteed vacation in Switzerland vs. one week in the US, and why tiered maternity leave at Moriah's former university never sat right with her

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