Out for blood : essays on menstruation and resistance / Breanne Fahs.

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]

viii, 139 pages ; 23 cm.

Introduction : on dragons and death threats : telling new menstrual stories -- Theorizing cycles and stains -- Cycling together : menstrual synchrony as a projection of gendered solidarity -- The menstrual stain as graffiti -- Dispatches from the blogosphere -- In praise of cycles -- "Feminine hygiene" and the ultimate double standard -- Adventures on Komodo island -- Menstruation according to apple -- Collateral damage : throwing menstruation out of the museum -- Blood on the couch -- Blood on the couch : disclosures about menstruation in the therapy room -- The menstruating male body -- Menarchy and menstrual activism -- Raising bloody hell : inciting menstrual panics through campus and community activism -- Smear it on your face : menstrual art, performance, and zines as menstrual activism -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-136) and index.