A review by mkat303
Period: Twelve Voices Tell the Bloody Truth by Kate Farrell

3.0

This was a quick read, but I did wind up skimming or skipping some essays, so there's that. I wasn't sure what I was expecting, but it felt like women's /gender studies 101 a bit to me. I dunno - maybe at age 50, I just have little interest in reading about anyone's first period experiences. The essay on having a period while homeless was useful. And I loved the essay on free bleeding while running a marathon. Folks who are looking for trans and intersex writing on periods will find essays here. But what gives about the essay that's really a series of emails between two friends talking about "period feminism"? What the hell is "period feminism"? The only reference to that phrase I could find googling was from - ugh - the founder of Thinx (a brand of period underwear), hardly a feminist.