Chella Quint is a Brooklyn-born, Sheffield-based designer, writer, and performer. A former drama teacher and head of PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economics Education), Chella coined the phrase 'period positive' in 2006 and founded #periodpositive to use humour and joy to challenge menstrual taboos, and find long-term solutions to period poverty. She became a leading expert on menstruation education in the UK, advising on regional and national policy on menstruation education and period poverty. She created the Period Positive Pledge as a framework for developing menstruation-inclusive policy and outreach. Chella writes and performs solo shows, delivers public engagement projects and designs installations on themes inspired by science, health, taboo, product design and social justice.

Contents
Hello from Chella 4
Who is this book for? 6
1 - the Basics 8
Periods and puberty 10
What's a vulva? 12
Inside your body 16
Periods and hormones 18
Menstrual cycle phases 20
Life cycle of a period 24
Having babies?!? 28
Period stats 30
2 - Managing periods 32
What do periods look like? 34
What do periods feel like? 36
Charting your cycle 40
All about discharge 44
When periods are a pain 46
Asking for help 48
Maintaining good period health 50
Menstrual supplies 54
Sustainability 64
Stains and odour 66
3 - Period positivity 68
Menstrual shame 70
Busting myths and slaying superstitions 36
Media messages: a timeline 78
Being a period positive consumer 82
Talking about periods 84
Navigating periods at school 86
Share the Period Positive pledge 88
Own it! 90
Glossary 92
Index 94
About the author and illustrator 96