The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of nonfiction! We’re joined by author Mathangi Subramanian for a discussion of her new publication, Our Periods, Ourselves: An Empowered Teen’s Guide. Mathangi is in conversation with Amy Freeman, author and Development Director at The Writer’s Center.

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Mathangi Subramanian, EdD, is an award winning neurodiverse, South Asian American author, educator, and advocate who has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, longlisted for the Pen/Faulkner Prize, and a winner of the South Asia Book Award. She is the founder of Moon Rabbit Writing Studio, an online writing workshop that supports socially conscious authors with seriously busy lives, and serves on the Denver Library Commission. She currently lives in Denver with her child, a gerbil named Ham, and way too many picture books.

About Our Periods, Ourselves: An Empowered Teen’s Guide

An inclusive guide to menstruation and what makes everyone’s experience unique

Despite what you might have been taught, periods do not happen in a vacuum. While it’s important to know the facts of menstruation, it’s just as important to take a holistic, inclusive, and deeper look into the ways in which everything around us—from our genetics and culture to religion and society—influenceshow we each experience our periods.

In Our Periods, Ourselves, Mathangi Subramanian covers how society shapes our monthly cycles just as much as science. She discusses how neurodiversity, disability, gender, adoption status, and immigration status can impact our periods while offering healthy, concrete recommendations forcoping with these realities. Subramanian additionally examines how important issues such asreproductive rights, culture and religion, capitalism, and climate change affect access to the information and resources menstruators need to manage their physical and mental health.

Our Periods, Ourselves is an empowering resource for every body. It provides the information, encouragement, and support menstruators need to make informed decisions about their periods, and reminds us that ourbodies and our identities are sources of power and strength.

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