Go With the Flow

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Ah yeah it does sound like there’s a lot going on (as much as I think it’s good to discuss the tampon tax, I think there’s a time and place). 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. We wrote it for kids who confidently know their bodies and the kids who don’t understand the changes their body is going through. The one who cares so much about a cause that she brings it up in every conceivable situation (“But have you guys heard about Toxic Shock Syndrome?

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This is the book I needed in middle school and high school and I’m so excited to have found this title! High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow. It speaks to the nature of gender dynamics and institutional misogyny in an approachable manner that will help teens discuss their period and their rights openly and honestly, and understand that they can demand better from those in authority. And it exhibits a kind of bravery, both on the part of the creators and, to a certain extent, the publisher, that is rather rare.My name is Lily Williams and I co-wrote and illustrated this middle grade coming-of-age graphic novel Go With The Flow with my friend and co-author, Karen Schneemann. Interestingly, the Acknowledgments at the back are where some of the most egregious double entendres lurk. High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow . A girl getting her period at 10 is now becoming more common, which means we have to teach our kids (not just teens) about this earlier.

So it was with great surprise that I found the characters in this book weren’t the usual middle school troupe but out and out high schoolers. This is not something only happening in far and away in distant countries, this is happening in our own communities. She believes that all books should be read with hot chocolate (topped with marshmallows, of course).Go With The Flow is an exceptional example of the genre, and its power is in its frank way of being relatable to a difficult subject. Though it’s mainly for middle and high school students, I highly recommend it for all ages, genders and orientations. Sasha who’s somewhat shy and just trying to fit in, early in the school year, has her first period at school. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

to the fact that many girls and women can't afford these products, and others are suffering and missing school because of severe period pain or lack of access to sanitary products.When adults censor media intake by banning books, or refusing to let their kids watch, for example, Turning Red (because it has a period scene), the conversation does not stop.