Like with most stories that start with a twenty-something London-based office worker navigating the breakdown of a long-term relationship, your mind settles in for a harmless piece of Chick-Lit. And then Caroline O'Donoghue's Promising Young Women knocks you off-centre by turning into something else entirely. The praise on the book's sleeve repeatedly uses the word "gothic."…
Fanfare alert: it's been one whole year since I published the first #Periodically blog on Fictitiously Hilary. This marks my 27th blog about my menstrual, gynaecological and all together grossly overshared health. If truth be told, I can't believe it's only been a year, it's been a bit of a mad one. So much has happened in…
Continue reading ➞ One Year of #Periodically: Sharing is Caring | #Periodically 27
Last week I attended the launch of gender, sexuality and human rights journalist Anna Dahlqvist's book It's Only Blood: Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation. The conversations on the night, between Dahlqvist, the founder of Bloody Good Period Gabby Edlin and the audience were interesting enough, but the book itself stands out as an enlightened piece of writing…
Continue reading ➞ Review: It’s Only Blood – Anna Dahlqvist #Periodically 25
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