{"product_id":"period-by-kate-clancy-9780691191317","title":"Period","description":"\u003cp\u003eMenstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual's period as useless, and some doctors still believe it's unsafe for a menstruating person to swim in the ocean wearing a tampon. \u003ci\u003ePeriod\u003c\/i\u003e counters the false theories that have long defined the study of the uterus, exposing the eugenic history of gynecology while providing an intersectional feminist perspective on menstruation science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending interviews and personal experience with engaging stories from her own pioneering research, Kate Clancy challenges a host of myths and false assumptions. There is no such a thing as a 'normal' menstrual cycle. In fact, menstrual cycles are incredibly variable and highly responsive to environmental and psychological stressors. Clancy takes up a host of timely issues surrounding menstruation, from bodily autonomy, menstrual hygiene, and the COVID-19 vaccine to the ways racism, sexism, and medical betrayal warp public perceptions of menstruation and erase it from public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a revelatory new perspective on one of the most captivating biological processes in the human body, \u003ci\u003ePeriod\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way you think about the past, present, and future of periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Period\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by the biological anthropologist Kate Clancy, hope[s] to draw our attention to menstruation and the often overlooked organ central to it...Clancy hope[s] to encourage us to better appreciate this remarkable muscle...Rather than greeting our periods with disgust, perhaps we should trade our revulsion for awe.'\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eYasmine AlSayyad,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362946924780,"sku":"9780691191317","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1900313482434.jpg?v=1772905645","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/period-by-kate-clancy-9780691191317","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}