Full Description
The subject of Menopause is just beginning to break the barrier of taboo, and become a mainstream discussion point, but that discussion has until now been very serious, medical, and, we would argue, heterosexual and white. This anthology of poems and short fiction aims to address that, with wild and wonderful writing from humour and anger, relief and distress, by women who have experienced menopause, whether naturally or as a result of surgery; with a healthy dose of views from the global majority and the lesbian, bisexual and trans communities. With contributions from Adele Evershed, Alison Habens, Alyson Hallett, Amanda Addison, Anne Caldwell, Anne Eccleshall, Anne Macaulay, Cath Holland, Cheryl Powell, Chloe Balcomb, Claire Booker, Claire Lynn, Clare Starling, Ellesar Elhaggagi, Elizabeth A Richter, Em Gray, Erica Borgstrom, Genevieve Carver, Ginger Strivelli, Helen Campbell, Jane Ayres, Jane Burn, Jane McLaughlin, Jessica Manack, Joanne Harris, JP Seabright, Julie-Ann Rowell, Karen F Pierce, Kavita A Jindal, Kim Whysall-Hammond, Lucy Lasasso, Marina Sanchez, Martha Patterson, Mary Mulholland, Rachel Playforth, Ruth Higgins, Sian Northey, Susan Bennett, Susan Cartwright-Smith, Tessa Lang, Tina Bethea Ray, Victoria Bailey, and Victoria Ekpo.
Contents
From Menarche to Menopause Cath Holland 8
Pause Rachel Playforth 13
A sudden ending Anne Macaulay 14
My Wild Fires Marina Sanchez 16
The Grandmother Hypothesis Genevieve Carver 17
Be Cool Tina Bethea Ray 18
more the use the womb is put to than the womb itself Jane Ayres 20
Flashes of Kindness Victoria Bailey 21
Women of Your Age Erica Borgstrom 22
Night Sweats Julie-Ann Rowell 24
Red Clover and Black Cohosh Days Anne Caldwell 26
A Cabin in the Woods Lucy Lasasso 27
Washing Mary Jane Ayres 32
Deja vu Sian Northey 34
Shape-shift Alyson Hallett 35
Obit: My Last Egg Susan Bennett 36
Woman's Work Cheryl Powell 37
Relieved Victoria Bailey 39
The Other Side of Nowhere Jessica Manack 40
Flush Anne Caldwell 42
Foreign Land Ellesar Elhaggagi 43
Fairy Tales for the Over Fifties Alison Habens 44
Black Armour Joanne Harris 48
Breakup Helen Campbell 52
my vulva & i used to be friends Jane Ayres 53
Menostop Kim Whysall-Hammond 54
Shamans in Luburbia Kavita A Jindal 55
A Summer Prematurely Here Victoria Ekpo
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Nuclear Tingle Karen F Pierce 63
Ruby-Red Jewel Martha Patterson 64
HUM PBA CK JP Seabright 65
Over the Bloody Moon-a prose poem Adele Evershed 66
You have been this country I have known Jane Burn 68
Dried Susan Cartwright-Smith 70
Evorel Clare Starling 72
The Change Ginger Strivelli 73
China Anne Caldwell 77
Natural wastage Anne Eccleshall 78
Gutsy Menopausal Woman Chloe Balcomb 79
O Womb Mary Mulholland 80
Silver Swans Amanda Addison 82
Monthly Tessa Lang 84
men-oh-paused - haibun Victoria Bailey 85
Demeter Elizabeth A Richter 86
Her mid-life performance review Ruth Higgins 88
The Farmer's Fire Jane McLaughlin 89
Wilding Em Gray 93
On Discovering a New Energy Source Claire Booker 94
Enough Already Claire Lynn 95
