Period power : a manifesto for the menstrual movement / Nadya Okamoto.

"This is a book about gender equality in the United States and how to engage in activism to get there"-- Provided by publisher.

"PERIOD founder and Harvard student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation. Throughout history, periods have been taboo. They're 'embarrassing'. They're 'gross'. And due to a crumbling or nonexistent national sex-ed program, they are misunderstood. And because of these stigmas, a status quo has been established to exclude people who menstruate from a seat at the decision-making table, which leads to discrimination like the tampon tax and medications that favor male biology. Period Power explains who is hurt most by the status quo and gives us a strategy to prompt conversation and promote gender equality. Now."--Jacket.

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]

ix, 354 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm

First edition.

The bloody truth -- The status quo -- Period products -- The history of the period stigma (in the US) -- Period poverty -- Period policy -- Menstruation in the media -- The fight from all sides -- Take action.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-338) and index.