"As a feminist of colour who often resorts to writing what she has long wanted to read, editor Mona Eltahawy has seen first-hand how when a movement takes a brave dive into the deep end of a taboo, representation can be limited. Bloody Hell! is the antidote. This is not a medical textbook, nor is it a guide on how to remedy or fix anything. Rather, it is a collection of menopausal individuals - women, transmasculine and non-binary people - with their own entry point into that transition who can share unique insights and anecdotes about menopause that are deeply intimate, highly informative and hugely relatable. Menopause can be a confusing and anxiety-ridden time spent navigating the unknown. However, it can also be an opportunity for transformation, liberation and self-love. Bloody Hell! is a chance for new beginnings, knowledge and power and these essays encourage us to embrace the messy and beautiful nature of change."--

The menopause: when we are free / Marilyn Muthoni Kamuru -- The yellies / Simi Hoque -- Bits of flesh: for Anarcha, from enslavement to menopause / Omisade Burney-Scott -- Gender, what even was that? or, Diary of a chest / Tania Glyde -- The curse of puberty / Jenn Salib Huber -- Don't bring a flashlight to the brain fog / Sonora Jha -- Lost pages from the lore of menses / Mohja Kahf -- My bleeding life / Emmett Jack Lundberg -- I don't like being late: an experience of perimenopause from Turkey / Ash Alpar (translated by Canan Marasligil) -- This is going somewhere good / Ann Marie McQueen -- The body changes: menopause brings change / Kimberly Dark -- Sex and the menopausal vagina in the suburbs / Susan Cole -- Where do I end? Wherever I begin / Una Mullally -- My mother, the menopause and me / Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah -- Feeling oldcute. Might delete later / Abeer Y. Hoque -- A field guide to menopause / M'kali-Hashiki -- Free fall / Syd Yang