Thread by @monaeltahawy

Thank you all who've sent me congratulations for Bloody Hell! reaching its funding goal! So happy! I'm delighted that the world will have an anthology on the menopause transition by an absolute stellar lineup of contributors--from around the world and cis, nonbinary and trans.

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1592343226140479488

You can pre-order the book here, knowing that it will indeed be published!

A thousand thanks to @ruthannharnisch for her super generous pledge! And thank you to the 552 other people who pledged their support!

unbound.com/books/bloody-h… #Menopause

I found out almost by chance that perimenopause–the time leading up to menopause–could last up to 14 yrs. At first, I thought “Are you fucking kidding me?” And that quickly turned to “How the hell did I not know that?” How was a feminist like me so ignorant about menopause?

And now that we seem to be going through a "menopause moment/revolution/wave" etc, it is exactly when the once-whispered moves into the mainstream that it most matters who is speaking the once unsaid and who continues to be sidelined and silenced.

feministgiant.com/p/essay-bloody…

As a feminist of colour who often must write what she has long wanted to read, I know what it’s like to rarely see yourself during those “moments,” “waves,” and “movements.”

Too often when feminism takes that brave dive into the deep end of a taboo, it takes along just a select few: white, wealthy, cisgender, heterosexual, able-bodied women.

Bloody Hell! And Other Stories is the antidote.

Pre-order!

unbound.com/books/bloody-h…