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more about #firstperiod Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: My faves are "staying the week at the Bates Motel" and "the Red Sox have a home game" more » CherriSpryte: I go with either "on the rag" or "bleeding from my uterus". I kind of really, really like "Shark Week" though. more » picardia: I always liked Erma Bombeck's euphemism: "Another No Baby Month." more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: How about, out with the old(uterine lining), in with the new(uterine lining)! No? No, it's not really catchy, I guess. You guys all had better ones an... more » Eric Northman is mine: Lol about the boy who got kicked for asking his 6th grade friend if she was her period when she was in a huffy mood. I swear if my lad asks me if i'm ... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: What a neat girl. Good for her, being smart and all, and not taking any crap for it. It's about time we had a book to give our daughters explaining th... more » tscheese: There was a bit in the interview about the celebration of the first period in some cultures, with wine, food, and song. I celebrate all my periods wit... more » EsmereldaFitzmonster: My gap summer after high school and before university... was spent at a summer camp with 13-year-olds, trying to convince them not to spend $60 on can... more » hydrogen_jukebox: I feel like I could make an awesome "my vagina is a communist" joke somewhere here, but it's just not coming out. more » Shamrockette: Mine is "my cherry ICEE-maker machine is malfunctioning." more » water baby: I love how threatened that man was by her "little project." The fact that he is so bothered by a book written to help women understand their own bodie... more » jurisenpai: I call it "Shark Week." more » tscheese: Nalebuff is a lady after our own hearts - not only does she talk in fascinating terms about ladyhood, but she's studying a patisserie at a culinary sc... more » MissyMcCLung: She's fantastic. What an inspiration. more » AuntieBee: from the interview: Afterward, a bulky sophomore football player high-fived me, saying, "That must have taken some balls!" A senior who overheard the ... more » traumamama: Mine is "Carrie's goin' to the prom>" more » tscheese: Very proactive, too: Nalebuff mentions that one of of her classmates was originally from Kenya: I learned from her that in rural Kenya (and most parts... more » Majrhoulihan: What a fantastic woman. more » Easybreezy: She sounds awesome! But the part about her alumni interveiwer at Yale is infuriating. He sounds like a poopy head. more » morninggloria: My favorite menstual euphamism is "shedding the ol' uterine lining." more » -
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"Period Girl" Talks To The New Yorker
Fave menstrual euphemism of My Little Red Book author Rachel Kauder Nalebuff: "arts and crafts week at panty camp." Read the full interview for more from this impressive eighteen-year-old. [New Yorker] -
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Aunt Flo Visiting? My Little Red Book Demystifies Periods
When I got my first period, I was convinced I was dying. According to My Little Red Book, a compilation of first-person, first-period essays, this is actually pretty common! More »
