Thread by @monaeltahawy

"I really feel that this, this second stage of life, #menopause, it really is an opportunity for women to reconnect and understand that this second stage of life can be their most powerful. They can feel independent and strong and sexy."

h/t @Etamnixe

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"I think what I find the hardest is that women feel that they should just suck it up, that every woman needs to bear this like a burden…And to me, that's just complete bunk,” Trish Barbato, co-founder of the recently created Menopause Foundation of Canada

I am editing a menopause anthology that includes contributors from around the world and contributors who are cis women, non-binary people, trans masc and gender expansive.

We should talk more about the menopause transition and include more voices unbound.com/books/bloody-h…

I have written 15 essays on the menopause transition and on getting older.

This is my most popular essay on the menopause transition feministgiant.com/p/moisturize-y…

And this is the second most popular of my essays on the menopause transition feministgiant.com/p/essay-menopa…

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