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Menstruation Books
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Go with the Flow (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.35 — 8,422 ratings — published 2020
Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.04 — 11,658 ratings — published 2019
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.95 — 256,862 ratings — published 1970
The Curse: Confronting the Last Unmentionable Taboo: Menstruation (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.85 — 154 ratings — published 1999
Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 1,715 ratings — published 2009
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.21 — 633,995 ratings — published 1997
Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,442 ratings — published 2017
Her Blood Is Gold: Celebrating the Power of Menstruation (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.28 — 305 ratings — published 1993
The Curse: A Cultural History of Menstruation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.51 — 89 ratings — published 1977
Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,659 ratings — published 2018
New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation
by (shelved 6 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.10 — 70 ratings — published 2010
It's Only Blood: Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.89 — 281 ratings — published 2018
Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.05 — 543 ratings — published 2017
Period.: A Girl's Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.04 — 112 ratings — published 1979
Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.90 — 126 ratings — published 1997
Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.88 — 112 ratings — published 1988
My Little Red Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 612 ratings — published 2009
The Moon Within (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,460 ratings — published 2019
Red Moon: Understanding and Using the Gifts of the Menstrual Cycle (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,820 ratings — published 1994
The Wise Wound: Menstruation and Everywoman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.94 — 152 ratings — published 1978
Period: The Real Story of Menstruation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.89 — 937 ratings — published 2023
Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.06 — 207 ratings — published 2019
In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.97 — 8,683 ratings — published
Period Repair Manual (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.39 — 6,012 ratings — published 2015
WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.86 — 8,399 ratings — published 2013
It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)
by (shelved 3 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,043 ratings — published 2024
Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,988 ratings — published 2024
Period: Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.98 — 317 ratings — published 2018
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.55 — 13,300 ratings — published 1995
Moon Time: Harness the Ever-Changing Energy of Your Menstrual Cycle (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.08 — 522 ratings — published 2012
Capitalizing on the Curse: The Business of Menstruation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.05 — 19 ratings — published 2006
Under Wraps: A History of Menstrual Hygiene Technology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.15 — 13 ratings — published 2008
The Unexpected Consequence of Bleeding on a Tuesday (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.17 — 470 ratings — published 2025
Ungendering Menstruation (Forerunners: Ideas First)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published
Period. It's About Bloody Time (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.91 — 2,838 ratings — published 2019
Gender Queer: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.27 — 78,973 ratings — published 2019
The Beautiful Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.23 — 191 ratings — published
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.06 — 8,984 ratings — published 2021
This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.03 — 12,096 ratings — published 2019
Calling the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.26 — 226 ratings — published 2023
Period. End of Sentence.: A New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.20 — 811 ratings — published 2021
Maiden: A Mother's Guide to Puberty and Menarche as a Sacred Rite of Passage (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published
Becoming - A Woman: A Guide for Girls Approaching Menstruation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 2011
The Pill: Are You Sure It's for You? (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.87 — 86 ratings — published 2008
Das Tage-Buch: Die Menstruation – alles über ein unterschätztes Phänomen (German Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.02 — 57 ratings — published 2017
Periode ist politisch: Ein Manifest gegen das Menstruationstabu (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.42 — 540 ratings — published 2020
The Optimized Woman: Using Your Menstrual Cycle to Achieve Success and Fulfillment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 3.76 — 500 ratings — published 2009
Blood Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,641 ratings — published 2020
The Woman's Yoga Book: Asana and Pranayama for all Phases of the Menstrual Cycle (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.24 — 125 ratings — published 2007
105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as menstruation)
avg rating 4.35 — 20 ratings — published 2004
“It was 1976.
It was one of the darkest days of my life when that nurse, Mrs. Shimmer, pulled out a maxi pad that measured the width and depth of a mattress and showed us how to use it. It had a belt with it that looked like a slingshot that possessed the jaw-dropping potential to pop a man's head like a gourd. As she stretched the belt between the fingers of her two hands, Mrs. Shimmer told us becoming a woman was a magical and beautiful experience.
I remember thinking to myself, You're damn right it had better be magic, because that's what it's going to take to get me to wear something like that, Tinkerbell! It looked like a saddle. Weighed as much as one, too. Some girls even cried.
I didn't.
I raised my hand.
"Mrs. Shimmer," I asked the cautiously, "so what kind of security napkins do boys wear when their flower pollinates? Does it have a belt, too?"
The room got quiet except for a bubbling round of giggles.
"You haven't been paying attention, have you?" Mrs. Shimmer accused sharply. "Boys have stamens, and stamens do not require sanitary napkins. They require self control, but you'll learn that soon enough."
I was certainly hoping my naughty bits (what Mrs. Shimmer explained to us was like the pistil of a flower) didn't get out of control, because I had no idea what to do if they did.”
― The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
It was one of the darkest days of my life when that nurse, Mrs. Shimmer, pulled out a maxi pad that measured the width and depth of a mattress and showed us how to use it. It had a belt with it that looked like a slingshot that possessed the jaw-dropping potential to pop a man's head like a gourd. As she stretched the belt between the fingers of her two hands, Mrs. Shimmer told us becoming a woman was a magical and beautiful experience.
I remember thinking to myself, You're damn right it had better be magic, because that's what it's going to take to get me to wear something like that, Tinkerbell! It looked like a saddle. Weighed as much as one, too. Some girls even cried.
I didn't.
I raised my hand.
"Mrs. Shimmer," I asked the cautiously, "so what kind of security napkins do boys wear when their flower pollinates? Does it have a belt, too?"
The room got quiet except for a bubbling round of giggles.
"You haven't been paying attention, have you?" Mrs. Shimmer accused sharply. "Boys have stamens, and stamens do not require sanitary napkins. They require self control, but you'll learn that soon enough."
I was certainly hoping my naughty bits (what Mrs. Shimmer explained to us was like the pistil of a flower) didn't get out of control, because I had no idea what to do if they did.”
― The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
“Unfortunately, instead of a world where those who bear the physical burdens of reproduction—whether they reproduce or not—have equal footing, we have the opposite. The Ancient Greeks, the originators of Western medicine, labeled the female body as inferior, and the act of menstruation has been viewed as proof that women have troublesome physiology and are by nature dirty and toxic. Many religions and cultures have long carried that same torch based on the erroneous belief of impurity and the idea that menstrual blood is filthy and contains actual toxins that poison the body (and especially men, if they were to touch it). Women have been banned from places of worship, from preparing food, from having sex, and even from their own homes based on the supposed polluting powers of menstrual blood.”
― Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
― Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
