Period 35: Reckoning with menstrual pain – and a note on “biological sex”
As a young person, when my periods became intensely painful, my mother introduced me to prescription strength doses of ibuprofen. I would take 800-1000...
Period 34: Menstrualsplaining
How have I gotten thirty-four issues into this newsletter and not done a basic menstrual cycle explainer? My whole book is kind of like a menstrual cycle...
Period 33: Perimenopause can perimeno-suck it
First, big news! Buttondown now has commenting functionality! You can comment on these newsletters to your heart’s content – a great way to meet like-minded...
Period 32: Hostile sexism and beliefs about menstruating people
Babies are on my mind right now – over the last few months I’ve interviewed a number of people who have had miscarriages or stillbirths. There are elements...
Period 31: Retraumatization versus remembering
I have just finished reading (listening to on audio via LibroFM, actually) Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger (these are regular links not affiliate links). I think...
Period 30: A long overdue newsletter, must be my cycle-driven white matter microstructure changes
Phew, I’m back! I’m sure you missed me. I’m desperately trying to finish three chapters of the book simultaneously (which is a terrible idea by the way)...
Period 29: Join me in Chicago!
A few book-related things to get out of the way first My final book launch event is next Friday September 22nd at the amazing Women and Children First...
Period 28: The Tardis is my therapy
In the last two weeks, covid has hit our house twice (based on the timing of infection, my spouse got it while teaching and, while testing negative during...
Period 27 Miscarriages and heat
It’s the first week of classes, but not for me! I’m on teaching leave this year to focus both on some administrative work for the university and to write my...
Period 26: Journalists - stop saying that menstrual products are tested with saline and please do some reporting
Ok, sidebar newsletter. Share this one, please. Last week for the weird period fact I shared a recent paper that looked at menstrual product...
