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Page numbers in italics refer to figures. Abbondanza, Marie, 103, 158–159, 166 abortion, 43, 49, 50 Abzug, Bella, 128, 129 academic feminism, 18–19. See also feminism activism. See menstrual activism adee (Aimeé Darcel), 2, 9–10, 100–101, 131, 169, 169, 193n1, 216n81 Adventures in Menstruating (Quint), 150–151, 151 African American women, 138–144, 178–179. See also women of color Against Our Will (Brownmiller), 5 age anxiety, 40 ahistoricism, 4 AIDS epidemic, 26 “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech (Truth ), 18 Alcoff, Linda, 156 All Red Nations, 143 Alsop, Rachel, 167 alternative health care, 135–136 Always, 107 American Medical Association, 32 American Psychological Association, 37 anarcha feminist politics, 104 anarchism, 97, 104 Andrist, Linda, 39, 40 Anna Health Sponge, 203n22 Anthony, Susan B., 131 antidepressants, 37 antiessentialism as ideological inspiration of radical menstruation, 101–104 Anti-Tampon Conference (2000), 100, 150 225 Index Anzaldúa, Gloria, 15 Apache coming-of-age ceremonies, 90. See also Native American: traditions Armstrong, Liz, 128 asbestos myth, 51, 204n36 Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women, 139, 140, 218n16 Asian women, 138, 139. See also women of color Association of Testing & Materials (ATSM), 55 Association for Women in Science, 29 ATSM. See Association of Testing & Materials Australia, 60, 74 axial coding, 185 “Ax Tampax Poem Feministo” (adee), 9–10 Bailey, Alison, 210n56 Baird, Jessie, 161–162 Balli, Cecilia, 23 Bång, Karolina, 125, 126 Bannett, Tracy, 214n49 Barnack, Jessica, 38 Barr Pharmaceuticals, 175–176 Bartky, Sandra, 34 Bates, Dawn, 114, 115 Baumgardner, Jennifer, 4, 16, 24, 93, 124, 135, 173 BBC, 58 Beane, G. E., 147 Beantown Zinetown (Boston, Mass.), 115 Beauvoir, Simone de, 28 Bellafante, Gina, 4 Belly and Womb Conference, 73–77, 90, 94, 208nn27, 28, 210n72 belly dance, 80 Below the Belt (menstrual pad business), 98 Bentham, Jeremy, 34 Berkeley Women’s Health Collective, 51 Bertulli, Margaret, 70 Big Four (FemCare industry), 107 Big Pharma, 40 bindi, 67, 78–80 bioethics, 39 biowoman, 157, 221n11 biracial women, 138. See also women of color Birnbaum, Lucia, 67 birth control. See Dalkon Shield; hormonal contraception/birth control BITCH (organization), 116–117 bitch, qualities of, 116–117, 214n49 Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture (periodical), 5 The Bitch Manifesto (Joreen), 116 Biting, Emily, 104, 111 Black Baptist women, 145, 152; Women’s Convention, 145 Black Power movement, 11 black women. See women of color Black Women’s Health Imperative, 139, 140 bladder infection, 52 Blatch, Harriet Stanton, 131 bleaching process in tampons/menstrual pads, 58, 61–62, 110, 150 bleed-in, 48–49 bleeding spaces, 74 blog, 7, 59, 131, 161, 181 Blood, Bread and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World (Grahn), 87 “Blood Cheer” (Camp and Niki), 122–123 Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation (Buckley and Gottlieb), 30, 87 Blood Relations: Menstruation and the Origins of Culture (Knight), 30 Bloodsisters: category of women, 168; humor in products, 129–131, 216n81; at Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, 1–3, 208n28; origins of, 105; work of, 6, 97, 142, 150, 169; zines, 10, 114, 127 bloody speech, 30, 34 Bloomer, Amelia, 25 Bobel, Chris, 135 body-based discrimination, 13, 20, 91, 174 body literacy, 65, 67, 81–84 Body Outlaws: Young Women Write about Body Image and Identity (ed. Edut), 17 Bondoc, Anna, 18 Bornstein, Kate, 220n7 Boston Skillshare, 98 Boston Women’s Center, 99 Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (BWHBC), 41, 44, 48, 50–51, 54–55, 57, 61–62, 133, 157, 205n57 Bothwell, Jane, 65 Bourdieu, Pierre, 135 Braidotti, Rosi, 166 Braiman, Judy, 53, 204n44 Bramwell, Ros, 31–32, 82 Breaking the Bowls: Degendering and Feminist Change (Lorber), xii breastfeeding, 31–32, 82, 135 breasts, silicone, 62 Brehm, Barbara, 44 Breines, Wini, 11 Brooke, Helynna, 69, 90–91, 94, 142, 143 Brooks, Siobhan, 23 Brown, Rita Mae, 19 Brownmiller, Susan, 5, 116 Brumberg, Joan, 7, 27, 32, 33, 90 Buckley, Thomas, 30, 74, 75, 87, 210n59 Bulgaria, 74 Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair (Jones), 17 “Buried Alive: The Concept of Race in Science” (Duster), 174 BUST magazine, 132 Butchies (punk rock band), 171–172 Butler, Judith, 12, 165–166, 196n40 BWHBC. See Boston Women’s Health Book Collective Bye, Stephanie, 38 California, same-sex marriage, 219n40 Camp, Brackin “Firecracker,” 105–106, 122–123 Canada, 60 cancer, 61, 201n47 “Can Tampon Safety Be Regulated?” (Rome and Wolhandler), 62 capitalism, 195–196n32, 211n3. See also FemCare: industry Capitalizing on the Curse (Kissling), 36, 95 carboxymethylcellulose, 53 Carland, Tammy Rae, 171 Carson, Rachel, 45...