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Author
Publisher
Pavilion
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
We're taught not to discuss periods in public. Society doesn't celebrate the menstrual cycle. Even saying the word 'period' is a bit taboo, but the truth is it can be bloody hard to live in a body that bleeds once a month. Claire Baker, your friendly neighbourhood period coach, is here to guide you through her top 50 pieces of advice to help you harness the power of the period and learn to live in sync with your cycle. Join the menstruation conversation...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird, and messyand asking questions about it can feel even worse. But it doesnt have to be that way. This taboo-free guide is packed with honest advice and big-sisterly wisdom on all the things girls need to know: from what cramps feel like to whether you can feel blood coming out, to what you should do if your pad leaks onto your clothes. Welcome to Your Period includes case studies, first-person...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A collection of essays, oral histories, and artworks about periods across all stages of life, gathered by the editor of the New York Times bestselling anthology My Little Red Book. After hearing a harrowing coming-of-age story from her great aunt, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff started gathering stories about menstruation in her family that had never been told. What began as an oral history project quickly snowballed: Rachel heard from family and friends,...
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A life-changing, step-by-step, natural protocol to ignite lasting hormone balance and improve everything from PMS, period pain, and heavy periods to irregular cycles and missing periods, from Nicole Jardim, certified women's health coach and cohost of the podcast The Period Party.
8) Free period
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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2024 National Book Award - Young People's Literature Longlist
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Battle of the Books Middle School 2024-2025
Description
"Forced to join the school's Community Action Club, troublemaking best friends Helen and Gracie take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms and soon find themselves closer to change and deeper in trouble than ever before, forcing them to make a difficult decision"--
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or totally in the dark, the young people in these sixteen...
Author
Publisher
Ob Stare
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Este libro está pensado para responder a todas las preguntas que puedan hacerse las chicas y las mujeres, pero también los chicos y los hombres, porque la regla es una cuestión social. ¡No es un tabú tener la regla! Deberíamos poder hablar de ello fácilmente con los amigos, la familia o en la escuela, sin sentir vergüenza. No te asustes, puede parecer desalentador al principio, pero te lo explicaremos todo."--
"This book is designed to answer...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Convertirse en una mujer sana y plena implica abrazar una naturaleza cíclica que durante siglos ha permanecido invisibilizada, por lo que hemos crecido desconectadas de nuestro cuerpo. Las mujeres no somos lineales, pero nos pasamos la vida luchando para adaptarnos a una sociedad que nos exige serlo y que anula nuestra esencia. El baile hormonal al que estamos sometidas conlleva cambios en todas las áreas (afectiva, social, física, intelectual...),...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Arcopress
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
El libro que sostienes en tus manos respondera a una simple pregunta y generara un millon de preguntas mas. ""Era entre marron y rojo... No me he asustado, sabia que pasaria y se que es motivo de ALEGRIA. Estoy sana, mi cuerpo funciona correctamente, estoy creciendo y este es un paso mas hacia mi madurez.. Hoy empieza una nueva etapa de mi vida!"". Mama, me ha venido la regla es un libro de encuentros y reencuentros. Una puerta abierta al dialogo,...
13) A brief history of the female body: an evolutionary look at how and why the female form came to be
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The female body is an enigma in all stages of life. For teenagers first experiencing their periods, the monthly arrival of mood swings and cramps can be agonizing and inconvenient. With pregnancy, perhaps the most miraculous of bodily events, comes countless potential complications, including high blood pressure, diabetes, premature birth, and postpartum depression. And menopause is equally mystifying. Why do females lose their fertility over time...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McNeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Let's Talk About Down There is like the health class you wish you had -- think evidence-based, myth-busting sex ed where shame gets tossed out the window -- in a format that's as approachable as a fifteen-second video. Addressing topics such as hormones, menstrual cups, and birth control, all with the help of infographics and illustrations, this succinct, vibrant handbook answers the questions that you may have been too embarrassed to ask, so you'll...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
"Period positivity starts with asking questions. This informative, irreverent, and absorbing book covers all your period-related questions -- why they're taboo (and needn't be) and how to navigate the whole bleeding thing, from first periods to fertility, euphemisms to uteruses, menstrual products to menopause. Period Positive movement founder and menstrual researcher Chella Quint's answers are frank, funny, and fascinating. Let's get period positive....
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this timely and witty combination of So You've Been Publicly Shamed and Where'd You Go, Bernadette? a viral photo of a politician's wife's "feminine hygiene malfunction" catapults her to unwanted fame in a story that's both a satire of social media stardom and internet activism, and a tender mother-daughter tale. Kathleen Held's life is turned upside down when she arrives home to find her house on fire and her husband on the front lawn in his...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An exploration on the science and cultural history of menstruation that challenges many of the myths and false assumptions that have defined the study of the uterus. Covers issues such as bodily autonomy, menstrual hygiene, the COVID-19 vaccine, and the ways racism, sexism, and medical betrayal warp public perceptions of menstruation.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An accessible and empowering introduction to periods. This is a kids book about periods. It’s normal to talk about them. This book is designed to inspire positive conversations between children and adults. Written to start important conversations about our bodies and empower the next generation, this book provides positive information about how periods work. It helps to show children aged 7-9 that periods are normal and that getting your period...
20) Code red
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive.
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