List: Menstruation & Menopause | Curated by Y.L. Wolfe

May 27, 2024
19 stories
Menstruation & Menopause
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Does Everything Feel Like It’s Falling Apart in Middle Age?Don’t worry: It’s all part of the process
May 27, 2024
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May 27, 2024
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Liberty
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Bring On Menopause!I’m almost 48 and so over my period
Apr 29, 2024
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Apr 29, 2024
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Wilder
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I Love This Bleeding BodyAt 45, I want to savor every moment of this power
Oct 28, 2021
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Oct 28, 2021
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Fearless She Wrote
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How the American Workplace Is Failing Menopausal WomenAnd it doesn’t support women who are menstruating or pregnant, either
Jun 24, 2021
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Jun 24, 2021
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The Rapture of OvulationA celebration of the peak of the female sexual cycle
Jul 28, 2020
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Jul 28, 2020
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Wilder
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Taking My First Steps into PerimenopauseAnd struggling with all the emotions that come with it.
Feb 22, 2020
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Feb 22, 2020
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The Promise in Every PeriodApproaching the end of my menstrual cycle with hope and curiosity.
Dec 12, 2019
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Dec 12, 2019
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Cultivating Intimacy When Your Partner Is Struggling with PMSHow to navigate this time of the month with greater fulfillment and connection for you both
Jul 18, 2019
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Jul 18, 2019
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Liberty
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How Perimenopause Has Opened My Eyes to Women’s Invisible SufferingFrom periods to giving birth, we endure so much pain…and no one seems to care
Nov 6, 2023
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Nov 6, 2023
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Liberty
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How PMS Has Radically Changed in Late PerimenopauseThe good, the bad…and the total exhaustion
Aug 11, 2023
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Aug 11, 2023
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Liberty
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Just Another Monday Morning with Low EstrogenAn ode to perimenopause — or is it a rant?
Mar 22, 2023
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Mar 22, 2023
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Liberty
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What It Feels Like to Age Out of OvulationOur relationship with time changes when we no longer have eggs to mark its passing
Jan 24, 2023
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Jan 24, 2023
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Wilder
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How Menstrual Blood Is Helping Me Navigate the Grief of PerimenopauseI’m turning an ending into art
Dec 12, 2022
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Dec 12, 2022
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Liberty
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Why You Should Make Life-Changing Decisions When You Have PMSWhat we’ve been taught about a woman’s capabilities during PMS is a lie
Jul 30, 2021
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Jul 30, 2021
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The Sacred Work of the Middle Aged WomanOur anger is a spiritual labor, one which the world desperately needs
Aug 24, 2021
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Aug 24, 2021
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An Injustice!
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Y.L. Wolfe
Are Menopausal Women Socially & Sexually Irrelevant?One middle aged woman’s search for meaning in a world in which “perimenopause” still isn’t recognized by spellcheck
Dec 5, 2020
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Dec 5, 2020
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Wilder
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Love Your Period (One Day It Will Be Gone…)It’s a miracle and deserves to be treated that way.
Oct 27, 2019
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Oct 27, 2019
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I Long for the Nourishment of Menstrual RitualsPondering the return of moon huts and red tents.
Apr 16, 2020
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Apr 16, 2020
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