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- Richard Paul
- Username: rlpaul
- Location: Washington, District Of Columbia
- Joined PRX: Sep 06, 2003
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- "First Menstruation Stories"
- Summary: It's both terrifying and highly anticipated, and, as rites of passage often are, perhaps somewhat overrated. Blunt producer Ariel Adams set out with a microphone to find out when, and under what circumstances, her friends "became women." These are their stories.
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Review of First Menstruation Stories
Richard Paul
Posted on December 26, 2003 at 10:48 AM
It's brave of the young woman who put this together to tell her story, but this piece can use some editing (I counted 5 uses of the term "rough terrain" in one of the stories). If the rights to this piece allow you to cut it, I recommend using it. It's frank (though it's clear an adult went through the final mix and kept it from being too potentially offensive) and doesn't mythologize the event; which is refreshingly post-feminist. It's also refreshing to hear these stories related by women of an age not too far removed from the event they're discussing.