1. Stains 2. Our Shame 3. Lost Days 4. A Comprehensive Set of Rules 5. A Painful Silence 6. Millions of Menstruating Textile Workers 7. ‘I Just Kept Bleeding’ 8. Bloody Menstrual Protection! 9. The Struggle
A shocking, illuminating and moving account of how people around the world are shattering the taboos around menstruation.
Anna Dahlqvist is a journalist specialising in gender, sexuality and human rights. She is editor-in-chief of Ottar, a Swedish magazine focusing on sexual politics and has previously published a book on illegal abortion and abortion rights in Europe.
Written in an accessible style, “It’s Only Blood” is a marvelous
blend of individual women’s experiences, activism and academic
research. The subject matter is so compelling and engaging. A
remarkable educational text for all genders, It’s Only Blood is
eye-opening read.
*The Gazette*
An excellent text … Dahlqvist manages to harvest rich testimony.
The great strength of Dahlqvist’s narrative is the way she insists
on the continuum between the struggles of menstruating women in
developing countries and the comparatively benign experience of
those in the West.
*TLS*
It’s Only Blood is intimate, provocative, and often funny,
shattering the stigma of menstruation for people all around the
world.
*Foreword Reviews*
An eye-opening and necessary book that will challenge your
assumptions. Thought provoking, relevant and sensitively written.
If you want to know more and do more to end menstrual taboos, read
it.
*Chella Quint, founder of #periodpositive*
Brilliant. It was frustrating to realise how much there is to be
done, but also inspiring to read about these groups of women all
over the world working bloody hard toward the same ideal: that
periods do not need to stand in the way of an education, a future,
or a good life.
*Gabby Edlin, founder of Bloody Good Period*
Only when we call out the unnecessary shame and stigma that
surrounds periods can we demand meaningful change. Dahlqvist’s
deft, compassionate storytelling, and her critical global
perspective, are a tremendous contribution to the movement for
menstrual equity.
*Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, author of Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand
for Menstrual Equity*
A necessary contribution to the conversation on gender liberation.
Dahlqvist masterfully moves between storytelling and frameworking
how stigma holds menstruators back globally, while offering
tangible solutions to many of these problems. A must read.
*Kiran Gandhi, musician, activist, and free-bleeding runner at the
2015 London Marathon*
Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand and take
action against the global consequences of menstrual shame, stigma,
and taboo. An insightful and inspiring read that will challenge you
to think and behave differently.
*Mandu Reid, founder of The Cup Effect*
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