A review by theseasoul
Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working for You by Maisie Hill

Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.

Immediate DNF after the introduction and reading the disclaimer, “Not everyone who is a woman has a menstrual cycle or womb, and not everyone who has a menstrual cycle and a womb is a woman”. I’m sorry, but my trust in the reliability of your science ends there. The menstrual cycle and womb are literally THE primary biological markers of womanhood. If you’re going to deny that basic fact just so you don’t offend some people, you don’t have the credibility it takes to write a book on the menstrual cycle. I am a woman, not a “menstruator”, not a “person with a period”, and I will save my time for a book that appreciates the God-given uniqueness of my female biology/physiology.

There’s already an underlying tone of self-love and radical feminism, an implied mockery of God’s design for marriage and sex, and a total lack of professionalism (while I believe the menstrual cycle isn’t a shameful thing and should be discussed more openly, the author takes the casualness of the subject just a little too far).

I’ve heard there’s some helpful info in this book in the midst of these problematic things, but I’ve got other books on my list that will hopefully cover the same information in a less gross, more respectful way.