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* "[[Carrie]]" ([[1976]]; dir. Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and Amy Irving) (menarche coincides with development of telekinesis) | * "[[Carrie]]" ([[1976]]; dir. Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and Amy Irving) (menarche coincides with development of telekinesis) | ||
* "[[Ginger Snaps]]" ([[2000]]; dir. John Fawcett; starring Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins) (puberty paralleled with transformation into a werewolf) | * "[[Ginger Snaps]]" ([[2000]]; dir. John Fawcett; starring Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins) (puberty paralleled with transformation into a werewolf) | ||
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Revision as of 05:06, 22 June 2006
Stories Featuring or About Menstruation
Fiction
- Suzy McKee Charnas. "Boobs" (Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine, 1989; Skin of the Soul, ed. Tuttle, 1990; Penguin book of Modern Fantasy by Women, ed. Williams, 1995)
- Stephen Dedman. "From Whom All Blessings Flow"
- Anita Diamant. The Red Tent.
- Jan Dickson. "Moonshine Quartet." Women (Baltimore, Maryland), v. 5, no. 1 (1976) (lesbian protagonist)
- Katherine Forrest. "O Captain, My Captain" (1987) (menstrual blood vampire story)
- Judy Grahn. Mundane's World (coming-of-age menstruation ritual)
- Barb Lakey or Barb Rausch. "Claire de Lune" (Wimmen's Comix #13, Supernatural Issue)
- Alan Moore. "Swamp Thing" from DC (included a story on fear of menstruation)
- Jody Scott. Passing for Human (alien/vampire menstrual blood)
- Jody Scott. I Vampire (alien/vampire menstrual blood; sequel)
- Theodore Sturgeon. "Some of Your Blood"
- Sheri S. Tepper. The Gate to Women's Country (in a sexist society, menstruating women are required to place a red flag on their doors)
- Connie Willis. "Even the Queen" (satirizes an anti-menstrual women's cycle)
Movies
- "Carrie" (1976; dir. Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and Amy Irving) (menarche coincides with development of telekinesis)
- "Ginger Snaps" (2000; dir. John Fawcett; starring Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins) (puberty paralleled with transformation into a werewolf)