{"product_id":"9781429983396","title":"Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. \u003cb\u003eFlow\u003c\/b\u003e spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from \u003ci\u003emikvahs\u003c\/i\u003e (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies—not to mention the Pill, cramps, the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed you in 5th grade. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlow\u003c\/b\u003e answers such questions as: What's the \u003ci\u003epoint\u003c\/i\u003e of getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What about new drugs that promise to end periods—a hot idea or not? Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what's \u003ci\u003enormal\u003c\/i\u003e, anyway?  With color reproductions of (campy) historical ads and early (excruciating) femcare devices, it also provides a fascinating (and mind-boggling) gallery of this complex, personal and uniquely female process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs irreverent as it is informative, \u003cb\u003eFlow\u003c\/b\u003e gives an everyday occurrence its true props – and eradicates the stigma placed on it for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167547572464,"sku":"9781429983396","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429983396_p0.jpg?v=1769903930","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429983396","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}