The “Right Way” to Bleed: Pads, tampons and expectations tied to girlhood and womanhood
By Jasmine Jones On the day of the puberty talks in fifth grade, the teachers split us up: Boys went to the library, and girls stayed in the classroom. I remember being jealous the boys could be surrounded by books, all those distractions from the awkward video with monotone explanations of fallopian tubes our teachers […]