Awfully hilarious: period pieces is an anthology of poems and short prose about menstruation, written by 26 girls and women across every age and stage — from a first period through to post-menopause. It’s the second book in the award-winning awfully hilarious series, this time focused on the menstrual cycle and the topics that surround it: puberty, monthly periods, PMS, ovulation, fertility, birth control, pregnancy, perimenopause, hot flashes, and menopause.
The collection is organised into four seasonal sections that follow the menstrual cycle and the maiden–mother–crone archetypes. Spring covers first periods, youth, and the follicular phase between menstruation and ovulation. Summer covers ovulation, fertility, birth control, and pregnancy. Autumn covers the luteal phase, when many people experience more pain and premenstrual distress. Winter covers perimenopause and menopause.
Written from a range of gender expressions and experiences, period pieces is aimed at any reader with an interest in menstrual health. It treats a common human experience — one often kept private — as something to talk about openly.
