Red Tides of Desire

If you'd asked me a year ago, I'd have said that bleeding isn't sexy. It's messy, makes me self conscious, moody, heavy and not interested. Or at least, that had been my experience. It's a time a deep emotional awareness and fragility, but in a supportive, nurturing relationship with someone who understands, that ceases to be a problem, and becomes something interesting to explore.

 I gather that for some women, menstruation is a time of heightened sexual interest. That swelling of breasts...