title: PC WORLD GONE MAD: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL GRAD RUNS MARATHON WITHOUT TAMPON To Highlight The Sentiment Of Period-Shaming
text: Yes, we did say she s a Harvard Business School graduate. Just goes to show, you can t buy brains Kiran Gandhi, who has played drums for singer M.I.A. and Thievery Corporation, decided to run the London Marathon without a tampon. Gandhi let her blood flow freely to raise awareness about women who have no access to feminine products and to encourage women to not be embarrassed about their periods. I ran the whole marathon with my period blood running down my legs,  the 26-year-old wrote of the April race on her website.Gandhi, a Harvard Business School graduate, wrote that she got her period the night before the big race and thought that a tampon would be uncomfortable while she ran. But that isn t the only reason she decided to let it flow. I ran with blood dripping down my legs for sisters who don t have access to tampons and sisters who, despite cramping and pain, hide it away and pretend like it doesn t exist. She added:  I ran to say, it does exist, and we overcome it every day. After the race, she took photos with her family and friends, wearing her period-stained running pants proudly.Gandhi tells PEOPLE that she decided to run without a tampon to highlight the sentiment of period-shaming and the language surrounding women s menstrual cycles. She wrote on her site that  on the marathon course, sexism can be beaten. If there s one way to transcend oppression, it s to run a marathon in whatever way you want,  she wrote.  Where the stigma of a woman s period is irrelevant, and we can re-write the rules as we choose. All photos courtesy of Kiran GandhiVia: People