IOL
By Bernelee Vollmer
July 17, 2026
There is a strange little corner of the internet currently united by one question: “Has anyone else’s period gone completely rogue?”
From the UK to South Africa, India, the US and beyond, women are flooding social media with the same question: Why is my period suddenly doing its own thing?
While there is no evidence of a global menstrual event, thousands of online conversations have created a very real feeling of a collective experience.