I have periods now, like normal girls; I too am among the knowing, I t…

Margaret Atwood
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I have periods now, like normal girls; I too am among the knowing, I too can sit out volleyball games and go to the nurse's for aspirin and waddle along the halls with a pad like a flattened rabbit tail wadded between my legs, sopping with liver-colored blood. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1988). Cat's eye, Doubleday, 1989
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