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Own Your Period

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Such an important educational read for every girl child as well as for everyone who has little to wrong ideas about periods or menstruation.

The book is illustrated and colourful inside out. It makes the reading far more fun and quite visual accurate.

Kudos to the artist!

The book explains in parts the anatomy, the physiology and the pathological conditions related to the female reproductive system.

The writing is concise yet the whole information is given alongwith stories of experience and memorable anecdotes.

A book to be kept in every school and home; a must have and a must read.

Thank you, author/artist and the publisher for the advance reader copy.

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This book is an educational guide for anyone that menstruates. It’s filled with positivity around periods, and even busts myths associated with menstruation.

I wish I had this book when I first started menstruating. It’s filled with so much information, and it’s all presented in a positive way. I feel like if I had access to this book when I was younger, I wouldn’t have had as much shame with my period when I was a teen. I would definitely recommend buying this for younger menstruating people, even if you already plan on talking positively to them about their period.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - QEB Publishing for the ARC!

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This was a positive and informative book all about menstruation. Many young people with questions will definitely find this an easy to understand book full of the answers they are looking for. The writing is clear and to the point and the book is designed to be fun, super positive, and inclusive.

I really liked that the book included information about reusable products. I did not know about these as a teenager, but was happy to discover them in my 20s.

While pregnancy and safe sex were mentioned briefly, I do wish there could have been a bit more information on this topic. There's a whole page devoted to tips on washing stains, I think there can definitely be more information on sex, safe sex, consent, and pregnancy prevention. I know this was a book focusing on periods, but many young people who have questions about periods will also have questions about sex.

One other note I wished the author mentioned was that not all menstruating people have easy access to the products they need to have a safe and comfortable period. There may be people in your community who cannot afford menstruation products. There is so much positive energy and information in this book, including environmental awareness and craftism, I wish they could have touched upon this fact as well, as it may inspire young people to help those in their own community. There are many instances of food drives for communities, but collecting menstruation products for those in need is also extremely important. Chella Quint did such a great job on this book, I really hope if a second edition is ever released, it can include this topic.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley and I am voluntarily leaving a review.

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This is awesome and I want it for every budding badass young woman I know! This is a frank, positive guide full of modern, useful information and challenging a lot of the myths, stigmas, and misinformation that seem to perpetuate despite all logic and common-sense.

This is a fantastic practical resource and also a thought-provoking guide to owning one's body and considering how one's own choices and outside influences affect themselves and others.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

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Thanks to Netgalley and QEB Publishing for the ARC of this in exchange for my honest review.

As a mom of an eight year old, the topics in this book feel very relevant to where she will be soon. I love the idea of being open and period-positive when she has questions, I grew up in a household that was not that way, so books like this help me understand how that kind of dialogue can look. I really liked the illustrations and this felt informative without being too boring.

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Lots of facts and science in an easy to understand way in this book. It's informative without being pedantic or boring,. I like the period positivity message too. The illustrations and charts make the book fun and easy to read. I would recommend this book to all girls and parents of teenagers. There really should be more books like this for teenagers.

Thanks to the publisher for providing this arc.

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