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4.0
This was a really eye opening book. There's not much for fluff in it, and thus I found it to be a bit difficult to make through in some places. Written by Penelope Shuttle and Peter Redgrove, this book has a balance of analytical and personal anecdotes.
I found this book after spending weeks searching for a sort of medical or cultural or mythical book on menstruation and the pagan period rituals and having no luck, until I went to the witchcraft section at the University. How crazy is it that our (vagina owners) reproductive and powerful history is this difficult to find research on, and was most accessibly researched in books falling into the occult categor? This book is cited over and over and is one of the only readily available books of it's type.
Published in 1978 I believe this is one of the first books on the female body that is edible to the masses if they have the motivation to read it. There's lots of highlighting and underlining in my yellow paged blue linen copy. I'm hoping it was used in a women's studies class.
1 - The Science of Bleeding
2- The Menstrual Epidemic
3 - Animus Animal Anima
4 - Does the Moon Menstruate?
5 - Did The Ancients Have Wisdom?
6 - Witchcraft: Nine Million Menstrual Murders
7 - The Mirror of Dracula.
The first three chapters are largely scientific and a little difficult to read when curling up before bed, but the last four chapters flowed steadily enough and refer to the underlying narrative in The Exorcist, Dracula and other horror movies and also explore the cultural roots of menstruation around the world and from Ancient Greece to modern (as of 1978) day.
3.5 stars, because I loved the content, but found it too academic for everyday reading, so rounding up to four because it is very elaborate and opened the door for books like Cunt to be published.
I found this book after spending weeks searching for a sort of medical or cultural or mythical book on menstruation and the pagan period rituals and having no luck, until I went to the witchcraft section at the University. How crazy is it that our (vagina owners) reproductive and powerful history is this difficult to find research on, and was most accessibly researched in books falling into the occult categor? This book is cited over and over and is one of the only readily available books of it's type.
Published in 1978 I believe this is one of the first books on the female body that is edible to the masses if they have the motivation to read it. There's lots of highlighting and underlining in my yellow paged blue linen copy. I'm hoping it was used in a women's studies class.
1 - The Science of Bleeding
2- The Menstrual Epidemic
3 - Animus Animal Anima
4 - Does the Moon Menstruate?
5 - Did The Ancients Have Wisdom?
6 - Witchcraft: Nine Million Menstrual Murders
7 - The Mirror of Dracula.
The first three chapters are largely scientific and a little difficult to read when curling up before bed, but the last four chapters flowed steadily enough and refer to the underlying narrative in The Exorcist, Dracula and other horror movies and also explore the cultural roots of menstruation around the world and from Ancient Greece to modern (as of 1978) day.
3.5 stars, because I loved the content, but found it too academic for everyday reading, so rounding up to four because it is very elaborate and opened the door for books like Cunt to be published.
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