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Menstrual May

Did you know menstrual hygiene products are one of the most requested, yet least donated items at food banks? Period poverty is a term used to describe the lack of access to menstrual hygiene tools and education. The books listed below cover a wide range of topics related to menstruation, perimenopause, menopause, and period poverty.

Halifax Public Libraries

14 items

  • Period

    the Real Story of Menstruation

    Clancy, Kathryn B. H.
    BookPrinceton, N. J. : Princeton University Press, 2023. — 612.662 C587p
  • What Fresh Hell Is This?

    Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You

    Corinna, Heather
    BookNew York : Hachette Go, 2021. — 618.175 C798w
  • Periods Gone Public

    Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity

    Weiss-Wolf, Jennifer
    BookNew York : Arcade Publishing, 2017. — 612.662 W432p
  • Be Period Positive

    Reframe Your Thinking and Reshape the Future of Menstruation

    Quint, Chella
    BookNew York : Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2021. — 612.662 Q77b
  • BookNew York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House, 2023. — FICTION ROP
  • Blood

    the Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation

    Gunter, Jen
    BookToronto, Ont. : Random House Canada, c2024. — 612.662 G977b
  • Let's Talk About Down There

    An OB-GYN Answers All Your Burning Questions-- Without Making You Feel Embarrassed for Asking

    Lincoln, Jennifer
    BookKansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2021. — 618.1 L737L
  • Period. End of Sentence

    a New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice

    Diamant, Anita
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2021. — 612.662 D537p
  • Heavy Flow

    Breaking the Curse of Menstruation

    Laird, Amanda
    BookToronto : Dundurn, 2019. — 612.662 L188h
  • Graphic NovelUniversity Park, Pa. : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020. — 618.1750651 M547
  • Know Your Endo

    An Empowering Guide to Health and Hope With Endometriosis

    Murnane, Jessica
    BookNew York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. — 618.1 M977k
  • Hot and Bothered

    What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again

    Dunn, Jancee
    BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2023. — 618.175 D923h
  • Seeing Red

    the One Book Every Woman Needs to Read - Period

    Karchmer, Kirsten
    BookNew York : Tiller Press, 2019. — 612.662 K18s
  • The New Rules of Menopause

    a Mayo Clinic Guide to Perimenopause and Beyond

    Faubion, Stephanie S.
    BookRochester, Minn. : Mayo Clinic Press, 2023. — 618.175 M547n