Books by Leslie Reagan
“Dangerous Pregnancies is the story of how people came to realize that rubella causes birth defects. It was actually mothers who noticed first…It took a significant amount of time between moms noticing that if they had rubella while they were pregnant, their child might be born blind or die for people to pay attention. They said it enough times to enough people. The first person who really believed them seems to be a doctor in Australia, Norman Gregg. This book is so powerful because it shows how important it is to respect people when they say ‘No, something’s wrong. I don’t care what your tests say. I don’t care what your belief is about rubella being a minor disease. This is wrong.’ And it’s because of this that the rubella vaccine was able to be fast-tracked, and implemented as quickly as it was.” Read more...
The best books on Menstruation
Kate Clancy, Anthropologist
Interviews where books by Leslie Reagan were recommended
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The Managed Body: Developing Girls and Menstrual Health in the Global South
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Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation
Thomas Buckley & Alma Gottlieb (editors) -
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Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)Ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction
by Sami Schalk -
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Pollution is Colonialism
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Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America
by Leslie Reagan
The best books on Menstruation, recommended by Kate Clancy
The best books on Menstruation, recommended by Kate Clancy
Menstruation is a natural process that will happen some 400 times in a woman’s life, and yet it still causes embarrassment. Biological anthropologist Kate Clancy, author of Period: The Real Story of Menstruation, recommends books that shed light not only on periods, but on how to make the world a better place.