Identity Verification - Seal ring by Luting Xu

Statement: The embarrassing moment of the menstrual marks remaining on the clothes triggered my thinking on this topic. In addition to dealing with this embarrassing moment, menstruation also affects women's gender identity. Because of periods, women have to deal with the effect of menstruating every month, would produce eggs, and might get pregnant, so that means women need to deal with contraception as well. All of these things help to construct identity that for women more focus on their bodies. I used the visual metaphors, like menstrual stains, contraceptive pills symbols and some images created by myself to express my understanding of this topic, such as protection, status and the complexity of relationships.