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bzm0023's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
I Love the subject matter but I was expecting less interviews and more discussions about the history and different cultural rituals etc. Unfortunately I found the stories awfully repetitive.
kadesmiles's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
This is a forever book. It’s so wise and thought provoking!!
clairemer's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Minor: Pregnancy
ghilimei's review
5.0
Five stars just for existing - the world needs this book and I'm glad I came across it. I would honestly lobby to include this book on the reading list of schools and high schools. I'm 38 now and wish I had read this when I was a teenager or even a young adult. Sure, kids now are so much smarter and better informed that I ever was at their age, but I think that feeling alone in a crowd, out of place, isolated in your experiences, and disconnected from yourself and others is still very much a thing and this book can really help with some of that.
I recommend this to all people, of all ages and genders.
I recommend this to all people, of all ages and genders.
annmariereads's review
5.0
I straight up feel like an Earth Mother Goddess after reading this. No, I don't know what that is exactly, but I feel powerful, like I've gained essential knowledge.
Our editor, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff has brought together an incredibly diverse group of stories about periods. They're the kind of stories we tell with our friends, laughing or crying or picking our jaws up off the floor. The stories are "taboo" but they always felt so freeing to talk about them out loud with our inner circles. Reading an entire book about it feels like tapping into this gorgeous, important set of collective knowledge.
This book has got to be one of the most comprehensive period books ever written. We've got menstruation experiences from Holocaust survivors, grandmothers talking wtih their granddaughters, teenage activists fighting to make period products more accessible, transgender and non binary folks, JUDY BLUME for crying out loud, women who were enslaved, indigenous people, scientists, poets, writers, the runner who famously free-bled while running the marathon, and 11 year olds all the way to 91 year olds. Just WOW.
I felt seen in so many ways while reading this and found myself highlighting lines that really resonated with me. I especially enjoyed the multi-generational interviews.
SUCH a fantastic book!
Our editor, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff has brought together an incredibly diverse group of stories about periods. They're the kind of stories we tell with our friends, laughing or crying or picking our jaws up off the floor. The stories are "taboo" but they always felt so freeing to talk about them out loud with our inner circles. Reading an entire book about it feels like tapping into this gorgeous, important set of collective knowledge.
This book has got to be one of the most comprehensive period books ever written. We've got menstruation experiences from Holocaust survivors, grandmothers talking wtih their granddaughters, teenage activists fighting to make period products more accessible, transgender and non binary folks, JUDY BLUME for crying out loud, women who were enslaved, indigenous people, scientists, poets, writers, the runner who famously free-bled while running the marathon, and 11 year olds all the way to 91 year olds. Just WOW.
I felt seen in so many ways while reading this and found myself highlighting lines that really resonated with me. I especially enjoyed the multi-generational interviews.
SUCH a fantastic book!