BOOKS

• Woman Code: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source by Alisa Vitti, HHC

• It’s Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Gynecologic Health (But Were Never Told) by Dr. Karen Tang, MD, MPH

• Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation by Dr. Jen Gunter, MD

• Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy by Dr. Sharon Malone, MD

• Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working for You by Maisie Hill

• Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power by Alexandra Pope and Shane Hugo Wurlitzer

• Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working for You by Maisie Hill

• A Kids Book About Periods by Jessica Biel

ARTICLES & RESOURCES ADDRESSING MENSTRUATION

• “Preparing for Your First Period,” Alliance for Period Supplies. May 5, 2023. https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/preparing-for-your-first-period/ 

• “Guide to Menstrual Hygiene Materials,” UNICEF. May 2019. https://www.unicef.org/media/91346/file/UNICEF-Guide-menstrual-hygiene-materials-2019.pdf 

• “You Got Your First Period. Now What?” Guide by Period.org https://period.org/uploads/First-Period-FAQs-BW-White-Background.pdf 

• “Period Products: What are the Options?” by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, November 18, 2020. https://www.ippf.org/blogs/period-products-what-are-options

• “How Much Do You Know About the Menstrual Cycle? Take Our Quiz to Find Out,” by Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times. June 22, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/22/well/live/period-menstruation-quiz.html 

• “Irregular Periods Explained: The Most Common Reasons Your Period is MIA,” by Sarah Kelsey, SheKnows.com. June 30, 2023. https://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/816165/irregular-periods-causes/ 

• “25 Reasons Why You’ve Got Cramps But No Period, According to Ob-Gyns,” by Women’s Health Editors, Women’s Health Magazine, March 22, 2023. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a19993421/period-symptoms-but-no-period/ 

• “Fibroids, Endometriosis, & When a ‘Normal Period’ Isn’t Normal with Dr. Soyini Hawkins,” Girlboss. https://girlboss.com/blogs/read/fibroids-endometriosis-dr-soyini-hawkins

• “Endometriosis & Health Disparities,” Alliance for Period Supplies. June 29, 2023. https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/endometriosis-health-disparities/ 

• “How Latinas Are Reclaiming the Power of Their Menstrual Cycles,” by HipLatina. October 31, 2018. https://hiplatina.com/latinas-reclaiming-their-menstrual-cyles-power/

• “Indigenizing Your Self-Care,” by WeRNative.org https://www.wernative.org/articles/indigenizing-your-self-care 

• “Blood and Glory: Periods in the Military”, video by Period. with Sati Kaur, YJ Meira, and Elis Salamone. February 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlX_D6pZoxA&t=0s

• “Planet-Positive Periods: The Toolkit for Sustainable Menstruation,” by Period., Aisle, and Green Periods. https://period-action.org/education

• “Menstruation and Human Rights: Frequently Asked Questions,” United Nations Population Fund. May 2022. (in English, Spanish, and French) https://www.unfpa.org/menstruationfaq 

• “Fast Facts: Nine Things You Didn’t Know About Menstruation,” UNICEF. May 25, 2018. https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/fast-facts-nine-things-you-didnt-know-about-menstruation

• “End the Stigma. Period.” UN Women, October 6, 2019. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2019/10/infographic-periods

• “Glossary for the Global Menstrual Movement,” by Period., Madami, MYOVANT Sciences, and Pfizer. January 2022. https://period.org/uploads/Global-Glossary-for-the-Menstrual-Movement-v1.3.pdf

• “29 Women Who Are Leading the Modern Menstrual Movement,” by Victoria Christie, Girlboss. Accessed September 2023. https://girlboss.com/blogs/read/29-women-who-are-leading-the-modern-menstrual-movement 

• “‘It cannot be this way’: What is period poverty and how to solve it,” by Alexa Mikhail, The 19th. May 26, 2021. https://19thnews.org/2021/05/it-cannot-be-this-way-what-is-period-poverty-and-how-to-solve-it/

• “Advancing Menstrual Equity,” by Girls, Inc. https://girlsinc.org/app/uploads/2023/02/Advancing-Menstrual-Equity_022023.pdf

• “Periods Don’t Stop During Emergencies,”by Plan International. May 2023. https://plan-international.org/case-studies/periods-during-emergencies/ 

• “Period Poverty & Toxic Shock Syndrome,” Alliance for Period Supplies. September 15, 2023. https://allianceforperiodsupplies.org/toxic-shock-syndrome/ 

• Period Pain Simulator by Somedays to help men understand and have compassion for women: https://somedays.com/pages/period-pain-simulator and www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-WbC8qNqE 

• The Menstrual Health Hub https://mhhub.org/

• Period. The Menstrual Movement https://period.org/ and videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/PERIODmovement

• Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, https://dignifiedmenstruation.org/