tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post7903694560660718841..comments2024-03-29T04:21:22.820-07:00Comments on Stories are Good Medicine: Are you there, YA readers? It's me, your period.Sayantanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-58637234897265596672016-09-08T10:45:34.305-07:002016-09-08T10:45:34.305-07:00The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon also have ...The Books of Pellinor by Alison Croggon also have menstruation in them!! Loved those books!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438933753343279463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-6051865616177767432010-11-21T19:38:41.956-08:002010-11-21T19:38:41.956-08:00Thanks de Pizan! Must go check it out! Thanks for ...Thanks de Pizan! Must go check it out! Thanks for visiting!Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-87980878263798859272010-11-21T19:25:37.433-08:002010-11-21T19:25:37.433-08:00Plain Kate by Erin Bow has a scene where a girl ge...Plain Kate by Erin Bow has a scene where a girl gets her first period. It's been a while since I read them so I can't say exactly which ones, but I know the Pern series mentions menstrual cloths in several of the books.de Pizanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964044612138432034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-35829009882663486862010-11-08T04:13:02.190-08:002010-11-08T04:13:02.190-08:00OO just throught of a good one "Savage Journe...OO just throught of a good one "Savage Journey" (author?) was a great adventure about an American girl alone in the amazon jungle. When she begins to menstruate, her new friend (who is also a local boy from the amazon) must show her how to use some kind of fluffy plant product for absorbantcy...Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-90245241775704907092010-11-06T20:46:15.635-07:002010-11-06T20:46:15.635-07:00Sorry, meant of course Sloppy Firsts.. hard to con...Sorry, meant of course Sloppy Firsts.. hard to control the fingers late at night...Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-257860497181823522010-11-06T20:45:48.060-07:002010-11-06T20:45:48.060-07:00Thanks for all your responses! Must go get Sloppy ...Thanks for all your responses! Must go get Sloppy Seconds.. Claire - I particularly enjoyed your "menstrual imaginings" on behalf of Hermione and the bathroom -- in fact, there's a lot of girls' bathroom stuff in "HP" -- All those Moaning Myrtle scenes, why IS Myrtle trapped in the bathroom of all places? Hm...Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-46224873217907221812010-11-04T15:33:13.644-07:002010-11-04T15:33:13.644-07:00I was just speculating that the reason Hermione wa...I was just speculating that the reason Hermione was talking to Penelope Clearwater (a much older student) in the bathroom in Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets was that she was asking for help with dealing with menstruation. She's thirteen in that book, after all, and away from home with two boys for best friends.<br /><br />Fictional periods are so uncommon that I just make'em up. Hah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-90748960243236427212010-11-04T14:32:03.134-07:002010-11-04T14:32:03.134-07:00AGhhh you wrote a blog post about periods! Everyon...AGhhh you wrote a blog post about periods! Everyone! Run for cover!<br />Are you there God it's me Margaret was ground breaking in it's time. I so loved it, as my mom was a *blush* 'we don't talk about things like that' type of person, so Judy Blume for me was a breath of fresh air. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154489593536422233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-48471574176615401122010-11-04T05:30:58.707-07:002010-11-04T05:30:58.707-07:00Sloppy Firsts, by Megan McCafferty (the first of t...Sloppy Firsts, by Megan McCafferty (the first of the Jessica Darling series) uses Jessica's period as part of the plot. The stress in her life, constant physical training for track, and other issues result in her not having a period for ages. She worries about it, talks about it in journals, lies to her mother to keep from going to the doctor because she is afraid... It was refreshing to see a girl's period addressed as part of her story in such a realistic way.Karen S. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-1560033316949351682010-11-04T01:56:38.633-07:002010-11-04T01:56:38.633-07:00My Little Red Book, by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, is ...My Little Red Book, by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, is a nice addition to the menstruation literature. It's not YA fiction, but these first person accounts by adult women and what they remembered about their experiences with their periods provides the emotional and social stories missing from the 5th grade health class. I think this book and Are You There God, It's Me Margaret would make a nice gift set for a pre-teen!Yin Ling Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850277600053497700noreply@blogger.com