An edition of Flow (2009)

Flow

the cultural story of menstruation

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An edition of Flow (2009)

Flow

the cultural story of menstruation

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)
  • 12 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from mikvahs (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies - not to mention the Pill, cramps, the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed you in 5th grade. Flow answers such questions as: What's the point of getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What about new drugs that promise to end periods - a hot idea or not? Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what's normal, anyway? With color reproductions of (campy) historical ads and early (excruciating) femcare devices, it also provides a fascinating (and mind-boggling) gallery of this complex, personal and uniquely female process.

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St. Martin's Griffin
Language
English
Pages
270

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Subjects

Menstruation, Social aspects, History, 20th Century, Popular Works, Menstrual Hygiene Products, History, Menstruation, social aspects
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Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
2009, St. Martin's Press
in English
Cover of: Flow
Flow: the cultural story of menstruation
2009, St. Martin's Griffin
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Table of Contents

Language
Where we are today
So how did we get here?
Hysteria
Seeing red
Sex and religion
Society's role
Timeline
Happily ever after
Advertising
The scent of a woman
So now you're a woman!
Back to basics
When good periods go bad
Staunching the flow
Hey, is it getting hot in here?
Outside the box.

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Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
612.6/62
Library of Congress
QP263 .S73 2009, QP263.S73 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
270

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OL23218173M
ISBN 13
9780312379964
LCCN
2009017046
OCLC/WorldCat
317929082
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8976846
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6878730

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OL3336578W

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