Period : twelve voices tell the bloody truth

Periods enter the spotlight in this essay collection that raises a variety of voices on a topic long shrouded in shame and secrecy. In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. They write about homeless periods, nonexistent periods, male periods, political periods, and more. Told with warmth and humor, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences. Periods are a fact of life. It's time to talk about them. In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. They write about homeless periods, nonexistent periods, male periods, political periods, and more. Told with warmth and humour, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences. Periods are a fact of life - they're in the news, they're in our conversations, and they affect half the population. It's time to talk about them. With contributors Arisleyda Dilone, Ann Friedman, Kiran Gandhi, Santina Muha, Ingrid Nilsen, Wiley Reading, Ashley Reese, Kylyssa Shay, Aminatou Sow, Emma Straub, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, and Elizabeth Yuko Introduction / Kate Farrell -- She'll become a woman later / Arisleyda Dilone -- Periods and friendship / Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow -- Going with the flow : blood and sisterhood at the London Marathon / Madam Gandhi -- I can't walk but I can bleed / Santina Muha -- There's a first for everything / Ingrid Nilsen -- My period and me: a trans guy's guide to menstruation / Wiley Reading -- Black blood / Ashley Reese -- The homeless period : it doesn't bear thinking about and that's the problem / Kylyssa Shay -- Bad blood / Emma Straub -- The politics of periods / Jennifer Weiss-Wolf -- Periods, according to pop culture / Elizabeth Yuko -- Resources -- About the authors.

Periods enter the spotlight in this essay collection that raises a variety of voices on a topic long shrouded in shame and secrecy.

In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. They write about homeless periods, nonexistent periods, male periods, political periods, and more. Told with warmth and humor, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences.

Periods are a fact of life. It's time to talk about them.

In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of our twelve authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. They write about homeless periods, nonexistent periods, male periods, political periods, and more. Told with warmth and humor, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences. -- amazon.com