Go With the Flow

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But most importantly for kids, stories can provide a safe space for kids who might otherwise not have the resources or community to support them.

vraiment, c’est à offrir à une jeune de votre entourage et à ajouter à votre bibliothèque de classe sans hésitation!Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are sophomores at Hazelton High and they are tired of the tampon/pad dispensers always being empty. Go with the Flow is a wonderful graphic novel about periods, which are something that should be normalized and talked about more in our everyday life.

Williams gets the life-as-a-high-schooler details just right in expressive panels shaded in — what else? It's so red throughout (maybe the team went overboard because we are dealing with heavy period stuffs here) but it works like a hot waterbag during the peroid cramps. The characters talk about the different problems they face while having peroids, discuss the problems the rest of the girls from all around the world and how it is adversely affecting their health and mental state.The trio rescue Sasha from the unkind ridicule of the other high schoolers, whisking her to the safety of the girls’ bathroom where Sasha is given a crash course in periods. Turning it into a graphic novel that tells a story whilst also teaching kids about periods, is a winning combination. Weeks of punishing labor later, Stanley digs up a clue, but is canny enough to conceal the information of which hole it came from. It mentions several medical issues with no further explanation, like toxic shock syndrome [i] [sudden possibly fatal; caused by growth of certain bacteria; mainly from ”super-absorbent” tampons; < 20,000 people/year in U. Then came the election of 2016, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, the Women’s March, and any number of other factors that suddenly made those old "protest novels" look downright quaint.

The artwork is dynamic and bold, and the use of color gives the entire work a sense of depth that is unexpected. For many girls, a period starting is an end of an education (either completely or for the weeks they are on their period). The questions at our other talks had been more simple to answer, things like, “which girl do you relate to the most in your book? A good use of inclusive language and acknowledgement that it's not just women who menstruate -- and that some women don't menstruate at all. She received her first undergraduate degree in Engineering from UCLA and her second in Animation from California College of the Arts.The colour palette the creators have used is various shades of red, which matches the subject matter of the story. We put discussions about this on hold for a while as life happened and then in 2016, we finally we dove in on the idea of a web comic about mensuration. As a father of two girls who haven't had their periods yet, after I finished this I thought "I can't wait to share it with them! For example, the main story line is driven by the desire to have free period products available in school restrooms.

One of the main characters has endometriosis, which is a refreshing addition to the few YA books which explore this ( The Girls I've Been, Dark and Deepest Red, and Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement do this). When an author and artist release their book into the world, they don’t know what effect it may make on the general populace.The creators nimbly incorporate issues of sexuality and social media, creating contemporary parentheticals in a heartening period story. Expressive black-and-white illustrations enlivened by a winkingly all-red palette make for a quick, enjoyable read. There's so much to love about the honest, loving friendships in this graphic novel, and the realistic, vulnerable ways conversations about menstruation fit into their lives. I love that it is very inclusive and mentions several times that it's not just girls and women that get periods (trans men may get a period, nonbinary people, etc.