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i139318069 |b1100046364581 |dmvph |g- |m231115 |h3 |x0 |t1 |i3 |j18 |k210703 |n03-08-2022 19:08 |o- |a741.5 |rWIL aMenstruation |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083604 |vJuvenile fiction. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 This graphic novel successfully empowers readers and guides them to speak up and reclaim agency when they feel something is not right with not only their own bodies, but with the world around them. . . . Just bloody perfect.” i133257848 |b1100050402178 |dmvmg |g- |m |h9 |x1 |t1 |i3 |j18 |k201108 |n10-17-2023 16:03 |o- |a741.5 |rWIL

aMenstruation |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083604 |vComic books, strips, etc. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001401 I specify girls who menstruate because this is a very female centered book. And again, I’m aware this is by design, but I think a huge opportunity is missed by only paying lip service to the fact that trans men and gender nonconforming trans people can also menstruate. There are unique issues trans people who menstruate face that really could have fit well into the story, especially considering the whole plot starts with the pad and tampon machines at their high school being empty. Consider a trans boy at that school who is stealth unexpectedly getting his period. There are NO machines in the bathroom he would use! Additionally, getting periods can trigger dysphoria for some trans people, adding additional stress and emotions onto the pile of period feelings. I absolutely adore the characters! They are outspoken, different and unique, totally dramatic at times, and so real! When they found out that their school had just given the football team new uniforms and equipment, but said refilling the tampon machines (WHICH CHARGE YOU MONEY FOR THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST MOST GARBAGE PRODUCTS) was an unnecessary expense, I was filled with a holy rage. This is probably the story at most schools around this country. The Humanities building at my UNIVERSITY only had one machine that ever worked, and it was so old that we used to joke that you needed one of those old timey belts to go with the pad.

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i129436823 |b1090061498127 |dmpmgn |g- |m |h14 |x3 |t0 |i6 |j120 |k200220 |n03-22-2023 18:51 |o- |aGraphic Novel WILLIAMS Lily Brit has painful periods and is missing a lot of school because of them. Unfortunately, we don’t find out in this book why that is. There are also some mean girls who exist as a plot device and don’t get the comeuppance that would be more dramatically satisfying. i14689604x |b1100050435897 |dmvbk |g- |m |h3 |x0 |t3 |i3 |j18 |k230529 |n11-10-2023 17:16 |o- |a741.5 |rWIL

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One of the main characters has endometriosis, which is a refreshing addition to the few YA books which explore this ( The Girls I've Been, Dark and Deepest Red, and Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement do this). There is one very brief mention of PCOS in one panel, and frankly, that was refreshing since that's even MORE uncommon in YA (and missing entirely in Period Power).