The Real Story of Menstruation (and Other Stuff)
Archives
Search...
Subscribe
Period 25: Ultimate menstrual frisbee
August 11, 2023
I was on Taboo Science Podcast this week talking about PERIOD (which, by the way, if you’ve read it, would you consider leaving a rating or review on...
Period 24: the turning point at which these newsletters slowly turn into very long weird period facts
August 4, 2023
We’re finally home after a perhaps too-long vacation. It was good to see family, and if I could have stayed with my sister and her kids another month I...
Period 23: Getting insomnia just in time for this Cape Cod book event
July 28, 2023
I’m still on vacation but this week is the not-vacation vacation, meaning we put our youngest in camp so we could actually work during the day. My partner...
Period 22: 100 tampons and a discount code
July 14, 2023
I’ve been writing a lot for the last month… just not newsletters. I got about 35,000 words deep into my next book, which is on pregnancy loss. It turns out...
Period 21: Natural born killers
June 17, 2023
I was on Slate’s podcast The Waves this week – which was such a treat because I’m a big fan! Between being on The Waves and This Podcast Will Kill You I’ve...
Period 20: Just say no to TERFs
June 9, 2023
When you write a book, all you can really do is hope it gets the kind of exposure that it will end up in the hands of the people who want it or need it. No...
Period 19: on privacy, the definition of water, and multiregionalism
May 26, 2023
Well my book tour is done, and it was really fun to meet so many readers and future readers of Period. It was also nice to travel again after three years of...
Period 18: no one told me about all the turkey sandwiches
May 12, 2023
I’m on book tour! Which doesn’t mean I’m traveling continuously – I’m not that fancy – but so far I’ve had my hometown event (a ton of former derby teammates...
Period 17: does hormonal contraception reduce the risk of endometriosis?
April 28, 2023
Book news Just a few quick notes about the book – if you aren’t tired of hearing me talk about the book, and my research more broadly, I’m on This Podcast...
Period 16: Pub week!!!
April 21, 2023
The book is finally out and… amazingly nothing has changed in my life. My oldest kid is still impossible to get out the door in time for school. My geriatric...
Newer archives
Older archives