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Author Diamant, Anita, author.

Title Period, end of sentence : a new chapter in the fight for menstrual justice / Anita Diamant ; foreword by Melissa Berton, founder of The Pad Project.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2021.
©2021

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  612.6 DIA    Storage
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 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  612.662 DIAMANT    Check Shelf
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Description xviii, 158 pages ; 22 cm
Note Includes "Book club favorites : reader's guide".
Summary "Explores the subject of menstruation, from toxic historic and religious roots to how young activists are challenging the silence and shame that can erode self-esteem and even threaten lives ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-149) and index.
Contents Part one. The curse -- Shame -- Shamelessness: the changing of the guard -- Part two. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. -- Indigenous wisdoms -- New traditions -- Part three. The struggle -- Period poverty and the tampon tax -- Menstruating at work -- Dignity -- Part four. Menstruation goes public -- Men-struation -- The menstruation business -- Period.org -- Part five. Seeing red -- The takeaway.
Subject Menstruation -- Political aspects.
Menstruation -- Social aspects.
Menstrual cycle -- Political aspects.
Menstrual cycle -- Social aspects.
Human body -- Political aspects.
Feminism -- 21st century.
Social movements.
Women's rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
Human body -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01730088
Menstruation -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01016291
Social movements. (OCoLC)fst01122657
Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Added Author Berton, Melissa, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781982144289 (hardcover)
1982144289 (hardcover)
9781982144296 (softcover)
1982144297 (softcover)
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