Nadya Okamoto is a 22-year-old activist, who at 16, created the Period Movement - today, the largest youth-run NGO addressing period poverty worldwide. Their work is inspiring! On top of supplying millions of people in the US with free period products during the COVID-19 pandemic, Period also is dedicated to taking down the tampon tax in the country, one state at a time.

I didn't expect to learn anything new about menstruation when I bought this book, but I was wrong. Okamoto dedicates chapters to highlighting diverse points of view around the topic, such as menstruating when you're not a woman and menstruating from prison, which I had not given enough thought to before.

There is still so much stigma around menstruation, but books like this are helping break down the taboo.