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Gender identity has nothing to do with menstruation and it can be helpful to use language such as ‘people who menstruate’. Alma Gottlieb is an emeritus professor from my university and my office at work is her old office. She gave me a copy of this book just as I was about to start writing. It’s a cultural anthropology of menstruation. It’s one of the first books that said, ‘Instead of universalizing the idea that all humans have menstrual stigma, let’s actually take a closer look at all of these different groups.’ That’s why I’m curious when I look at this book, and how we actually cared. We fought to come up with a vaccine to stop transmission of rubella to protect pregnant people and fetuses and children. Today, we don’t have that for COVID. Most pregnant people don’t even know that every time they go out unmasked or the people around them don’t bother masking, they are exposing themselves to the risk of stillbirth, miscarriage, preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction and microcephaly.
No, it can't. When you insert a tampon, it stays in your vagina. All tampons come with a string at one end that is designed to stay outside your body. You can remove the tampon at any time using this string.The content of the book should be age-appropriate. Most of these books are recommended for girls above 7 years, considering the fact that some girls attain puberty as early as 8 years of age. So, as parents, you know your child better. Choose a book that is suitable for her age group. And always ensure that you read the book first and then hand it over to your child so that you are sure that the content is appropriate for her age. You can also opt for parent-recommended options to ensure the books are appropriate for your child. 2. Readability: If you find yourself at school without a pad or tampon, ask a teacher or the school nurse for some. How long will my first period last? I assigned them the first chapter of both Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit and Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin. One of my students said, ‘I started the readings you assigned, and neither of them is about science. Why did you assign them?’ I replied, ‘It’s because they give you a roadmap towards how you could live a different life as a scientist. Hope in the Dark is all about learning from history, realizing that you can have principled optimism and produce change and make a different future for yourself and that pessimism is lazy. Viral Justice shows that small changes in your local community can have big effects in the world, and that you shouldn’t believe that pulling on one little thread isn’t going to do something big. And since your final paper is on imagining futures, those are the things I want you to be thinking about as you’re writing it.’ Similarly, when I was thinking about what books to choose for you, I thought, ‘What were the approaches that really changed my thinking as I was writing my book?’ Signs that your period is on its way are if you've grown underarm and pubic hair. Typically, you'll start your periods about 2 years after your breasts start growing. The average girl will get her first period around 12 years old, but it varies from person to person. Why have my periods not started yet?
To make your child feel secure and enthusiastic about this stage, she needs the correct information. As a parent, you must provide a secure environment for your child to feel safe approaching you with her questions about puberty. And a suitable place for you to start would be selecting the right books on the topic.This book has a very clear goal: let’s talk about periods as a normal part of life, y’all. It eloquently combines Okamoto’s personal experiences with practices and beliefs in society surrounding menstruation that prove to be unfair. Along with the problems, she offers solutions, starting with: let’s all have a conversation about periods. Hence the title of the book. Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power by Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
The Bleeding Thunder project is borne out of our desire for complexity, community, and validation as trans & nonbinary menstruators. Menstruation can be an initiation, but queer, trans, & liminal people are often left out of mainstream menstruation and rites of passage narratives that adhere to static gender binaries.” bleedingthunder.com, 2022 Elisabeth Daly, a book blogger and English teacher, says, “Age-appropriate books about puberty can help young girls feel more confident and less alone. This is a confusing and difficult time in a girl’s life, but knowing what to expect can help them feel supported.” Chris Bobel is a professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. I’m a huge fan (as I am of everybody on this list!). Bobel has written many books about periods and has long had a really interesting scholarly approach to them. In this particular book, she does what she calls an invested critique of the menstrual hygiene management movement. In particular, the international movement where it’s mostly white Westerners, white women, going into other countries with their imperial feminist thoughts and saying, ‘We know what’s best for you. It’s more period products or more attention to sanitation conditions (or whatever).’ If your child is going through or approaching puberty, we have compiled a list of the best puberty books for girls to help you choose the right one. Puberty can be a challenging time for children and parents. With hormonal shifts and other changes, your daughter might have difficulty dealing with it. They are perplexed by the abrupt changes that puberty brings, whether physical, mental, or emotional.Angelica (Jelly for short) is the queen of comedy at school. She has a personality as big as she is, and everyone loves her impressions. But Jelly isn’t as confident as she pretends to be. No one knows her deepest thoughts and feelings. She keeps those hidden away in a secret notebook.
Now we’re at the last book you recommended, which is Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America by Leslie Reagan. Tell me about this book. For me, this book was really powerful. I cite and talk about it quite a bit in one chapter of my book. I thought her critique was so skillful. In the vein of what I was talking about with Rebecca Solnit’s book, I think critique is actually optimistic. It offers a path forward toward a better future and demands more of others. That’s what I admire about this book. It isn’t saying, ‘Therefore, you should all do nothing, go leave now.’ Instead, she’s saying, ‘I expect better of all of us. Let’s figure out a path forward.’ There are ways of covering up stains until you're able to change your clothes, such as tying a sweatshirt around your waist. Keep a spare pair of pants and tights at school or in your bag. Should I use pads, tampons, menstrual cups or period underwear? I don’t think I properly learned about my period until I was 28 and trying for a baby. Before that time my period was just an interruption and bloody annoying.
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I’ve owned Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation for years. A friend gave it to me as a birthday gift, saying it’s the kind of unique thing I’d like. The cover is pretty kitschy. With the publication of F lash Count Diary : Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life last year, I remembered Flow. Then I got to thinking—how many books about periods and menopause that are not science-y can I find? The answer is quite a few. Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim I’m a biological anthropologist, which means the foundation I’m coming from is human evolutionary biology. That is the lens through which we seek to understand people. Over the years, bioanth has really moved away from just straight up studying human evolution and questions like ‘Why did we evolve big brains?’ There’s definitely a whole line of paleoanthropology that does that. But there are now a significant number of us within bioanth whose research questions focus on trying to understand the wide range of human biological variation. I want to hear what Emma Barnett says about everything, and this terrific and timely book proves to be no exception.' - Elizabeth Day
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