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vgotts's review against another edition
5.0
Hilarious and relatable and raw and honest and most importantly beautiful.
“‘I don’t want to go through another divorce,’ I’d tell Tony from time to time.
‘Can you say that same statement as a positive?’
‘I want to stay together,’ I’d sigh reluctantly.”
“I was surprised he answered. I was still surprised by someone being available to me, answering on the first ring.”
“‘I don’t want to go through another divorce,’ I’d tell Tony from time to time.
‘Can you say that same statement as a positive?’
‘I want to stay together,’ I’d sigh reluctantly.”
“I was surprised he answered. I was still surprised by someone being available to me, answering on the first ring.”
shiloniz's review against another edition
5.0
This book of essays chronicles one woman's experience with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, from the first troubling signs, through all the classic cycles of grief, and on into healing which is, like grief & for all whose lives are thrown upside down by chronic conditions, cyclical and unending. This was such a brilliant read and I think everyone with a uterus should go out and buy a copy. Reading it during all this scotus bullshit was actually uplifting, to read a woman so openly owning her own rage and experience with something that is thought of, STILL, as taboo to talk about. I loved Caldwell's book Women & loved this as well, so it's probably time to purchase her other two books, cause I can bet I'm going to love them.
melannrosenthal's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
isabella322's review against another edition
5.0
I’m obsessed with all of Chloe Caldwell’s writing. I would have read this book regardless of what it was about, but of all things I’m glad she chose to write about periods. More than anything, this book made me feel empowered and unashamed about talking about my period. I grew up in a family that never talked about it. I remember my dad taking the trash out when I was younger and he saw in the trash a wrapper for one of my mom’s pads, and he was like “what the hell is this?” It wasn’t supposed to be talked about it even though it encompassed so much of our reality for people who menstruate. Over the years, I’ve worked to overcome this shame I felt but it’s still there. This book has really opened the door for me to be able to talk about periods, as just a fact of life. When people ask me what I’ve read lately or what my favorite books are I’m able to bring this book up and start a conversation. When Chloe talks about how everyone who menstruates has a different reality every day because of where they are in their cycle, that felt validating, like even though I don’t have PMDD, I can reflect on my mood and my behavior in correlation with my cycle