Sometimes it takes a diagnosis, and lots and lots of drafts to make all your dreams come true...😀
I'm so so excited to be working with
@leeerinoglesby
@Flatironbooks
on a topic that's very close to my heart.
Some news, in the spirit of publishing the books that I need to see in the world ✨ I’m so excited to work with
@ShaleneGupta
on her next book, The PMS Problem.
@Flatironbooks
At the moment I'm getting some hate for using the phrase "menstruator" in the story. Funnily enough, I've also gotten hate for using "women." What strikes me the most tragic about all of this, is it makes it even harder to talk about periods & reproductive health.
Mira, a company that produces fertility trackers, conducted a study of 150 women to see how luteinizing hormone, estrogen, and progesterone impacted various aspects of their life, including mood, sex drive, and productivity.
Watching the comments come in for this has made it abundantly clear we need to show up for our trans friends.
To this effect, for the next week I'll be donating a dollar for every anti-trans comment or notification and unhinged email I get to the
@TransLawCenter
.
So grateful to
@AskAManager
for answering the tough questions around how to make work work with
#PMDD
, for THE CYCLE. You can read our conversation here! (And also preorder The CYCLE for the whole chapter. ;)).
So grateful to
@24_angier
at
@BaltimoreSun
for her thoughtful coverage of
#PMDD
& The Cycle. Truly one of the most compassionate interviews I've ever sat for.
Thrilled to have raised $7349 for the
@TransLawCenter
. A few others have promised donations and I'll update this thread as they come in. Special thanks to Q who had the unenviable task of counting up comments. Much gratitude to everyone who participated or who checked in on me.
@missashleyjean
Oh jeez. Totally credible. My dad went to an English medium boarding school when he was 9. When I started taking Hindi classes the teacher would yell at me for not knowing Hindi and tell me to ask my dad for help... Which ya know.
Boston! On Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00pm I’ll be celebrating the launch of THE CYCLE at
@GrubWriters
/
@PorterSqBooks
(50 Liberty Drive). I'll be in conversation with the one and only National Book award finalist
@MichelleBowdler
. Come join us!
Thrilled to have raised $7349 for the
@TransLawCenter
. A few others have promised donations and I'll update this thread as they come in. Special thanks to Q who had the unenviable task of counting up comments. Much gratitude to everyone who participated or who checked in on me.
Checked the mail and found the Korean version of the Power of Trust waiting for me. Now
@sandrasucher
and I can live out our kdrama dreams. Thank you
#gilbut
&
@public_affairs
.