The book has a good thesis. I understand what it is trying to do and who it is trying to reach. I am glad that I came across the title. But while thumbing through the pages, I was amazed that she left out some notable pop culture moments involving the period.
In ABC's Happy Days, The Fonz, is accidentally tricked into teaching a sex education class by the kids ("Fonzie the Substitute"). The class of course includes information about human sexuality. This certainly looks quaint in the era when networks were still pre-AIDS awareness, they're only talking about the human body. But it certainly would have fit into this particular book.
Given that other menstrual related episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 were provided with discussion space, the episode "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" was oddly ignored. This is where Dylan McKay's half-sister Erica gets her period at a community pool while big brother is trying to teach her how to swim. He then frantically runs into the women's locker room to check in on her, but for some reason this 'college-aged' man who had lots of girlfriends (with periods and missed periods) does not think to help her find a sanitary napkin. Or a store that sells them.
They instead drive all the way to his friend's (and former girl friend's) house to get one! Because Dylan McKay has not gotten anybody pregnant this time, menstruation gets strangely repositioned as comedy! There is no recognition it is a serious life event for women. Dylan does not realize that in the time he is driving all the way over to the Walsh house he passed by drug stores etc.. selling sanitary napkins. Or that they have directions printed right on the package in those stores! They could themselves both figure out what to do.
This book provides good information for what it does have. But I'd like to see some additions.
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