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References
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Bobel, C (2010) New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation, New Jersey and London: Rutgers University Press
Bobel, C (2018) The Managed Body: Developing Girls and Menstrual Health in the Global South, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
Bobel, C., Winkler, I.T., Fahs, B., Hasson, K.A. et al (Eds) (2020) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, Palgrave Macmillan Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7
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Fahs, B (2016) Out for Blood: Essays on Menstruation and Resistance, New York: SUNY Press
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Green-Cole, R. (2015b) Bloody Women Artists, The Occasional Journal: Love Feminisms, November 2015, Available at: http://enjoy.org.nz/publishing/theoccasional-journal/love-feminisms/text-bloody-women-artists#article
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Linton, D (2019) Singing the Menstrual Blues, Oral Presentation, Traversing the Ridge: Connecting Menstrual Research and Advocacy, 23rd Biennial Conference of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, Colorado College, 7th June 2019
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Rosewarne, A (2012) Periods in Pop Culture: Menstruation in Film and Television, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington
Røstvik, CM (2018) Blood in the Shower: A Visual History of Menstruation and Clean Bodies, Visual Culture and Gender, 13, 54-63
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Vostral, S (2008) Under Wraps: A History of Menstrual Hygiene Technology, Plymouth: Lexington
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Featured Artwork
Lewis, J (2015) Beauty in Blood project, digital photographic prints, Denver, USA, See: http://www.beautyinblood.com/index.html
Tiegs, V (2000 – 2003) Menstrala, 88 paintings: menstrual fluid on paper, See: https://www.vanessatiegs.com/menstrala/
Media
The Story of Menstruation (Disney, 1946) https://youtu.be/bjIJZyoKRlg?si=MBeSna33fLAPEcIZ
Resources
#PeriodPositive https://periodpositive.com/
Heavy Flow Podcast (Amanda Laird) interview with Chris Bobel https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-best-of-heavy-flow-the-managed-body-with-chris-bobel/id1276404277?i=1000446484321