"A normally taboo topic claims attention with the surprising -- and sometimes horrifying -- history of cultural reactions to menstruation." -- Publishers Weekly

In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from mikvahs (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies -- not to mention the Pill, cramps, the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed you in 5th grade.


Flow answers such questions as: What's the point of getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What about new drugs that promise to end periods -- a hot idea or not? Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what's normal, anyway? With color reproductions of (campy) historical ads and early (excruciating) femcare devices, it also provides a fascinating (and mind-boggling) gallery of this complex, personal and uniquely female process.


As irreverent as it is informative, Flow gives an everyday occurrence its true props -- and eradicates the stigma placed on it for centuries.

"Its contents, I found, are plainspoken -- perhaps it will start chipping away at the taboo... the style is important and groundbreaking." -- The New Yorker
"In many ways, Flow is a breakthrough." -- Daily Beast
"Flow isn't just a book; it's a movement." -- January Magazine
"A witty look at the history of 'the nuisance'... for women of all ages. Who hasn't wondered why we get a period, what women did before the invention of the tampon -- let alone the pad. Flow explains all." -- Body and Soul Magazine

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