Thread by @monaeltahawy

Thank you all who are sharing on this thread. Here's some bonus peri/menopause material via FEMINIST GIANT

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1532351187604983808

I'm learning that one of the greatest gifts of the menopause is shamelessness. In lieu of my increasingly AWOL period aka shedding the lining of my uterus, I am shedding the lining of patriarchal fuckery that I was socialized into. feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-y… #BloodyHell

I wasn’t paying attention at first to either my perimenopause or the pandemic. Once they both started, there was no going back & it was unclear how to emerge? Be scathed! We won't be the people we were at the start of the pandemic/perimenopause feministgiant.com/p/essay-fallin… #BloodyHell

What if brain fog is the liberation of our imagination by perimenopause, nudging us into mental avenues we haven't had the power/audacity to tread before: non-linear thinking that doesn't pay attention/stay focused in ways we're “supposed to" feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-me… #BloodyHell

I post photos of me w/ #ThisIs54. I want to be seen, not to be told I don’t “look my age.” That isn't the compliment some think it is. But to say “Here is a middle aged woman. Look,” at a time when it seems that every time I look away, my body has changed. feministgiant.com/p/essay-perime…

What does desire look like liberated from the pressure of heteronormativity and enforced monogamy? What desire is a cis woman who is child free by choice “allowed” to have at 54 years of age? feministgiant.com/p/essay-my-des… #BloodyHell

The ancient Egyptian word for “makeup palette” derives from “to protect.” My ancestors believed Kohl eyeliner protected them vs harsh sunlight or the Evil Eye; I believe the eyeliner I apply every day protects me vs harsh days of pandemic & perimenopause feministgiant.com/p/deliberate-b…

if you think the older we get the more comfortable we are w/talking about our vulvas & vaginas, you haven't heard silence about what happens to our genitals as we age; compounded by ageism & shame & stigma surrounding menopause & ways it affects our bodies feministgiant.com/p/essay-in-app…

With an estimated 1.5 billion people who will experience menopause by 2025, who is speaking about menopause and who are the headlines targeting? feministgiant.com/p/essay-bloody… #BloodyHell

I am editing the menopause anthology #BloodyHell for @unbounders. Essays by contributors from around the world and the gender spectrum. Check it out unbound.com/books/bloody-h…

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