Menopause : : A Comic Treatment / / ed. by MK Czerwiec.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Barry, Lynda,; Burdock, Maureen,; Camper, Jennifer,; Councilor, Kc,; Czerwiec, Mk,; Ewing, Leslie,; Farmer, Joyce,; Forney, Ellen,; Fox, Ann M.,; Geniza, Keet,; Gregory, Roberta,; Harrison, Teva,; House, Rachael,; Jones, Leah,; Lalanda, Monica,; Leamy, Cathy,; Mance, Ajuan,; Moran, Jessica,; Pond, Mimi,; Rosenzweig, Sharon,; Schachter, Joyce,; Squier, Susan Merrill,; Steinberg, Emily,; Streeten, Nicola,; Summers, A. K.,; Tobimatsu, Kimiko,; Tyler, Carol,; Wall, Shelley L.,; Walrath, Dana,
• HerausgeberIn: Czerwiec, MK,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Graphic Medicine ; 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.) :; 77 color/59 b&w illustrations

Like so many other issues surrounding women’s reproductive health, menopause has been treated as a cultural taboo. On the rare occasions that menopausal and perimenopausal women are depicted in popular culture, they are stereotypically cast as the butt of demeaning jokes that encourage us to laugh at their deteriorating bodies and emotional volatility. The result is that women facing menopause often feel isolated and ashamed. In a spirit of community and support, this collection of comics presents a different view of menopause that enables those experiencing it to be seen and to feel empowered.Balancing levity with sincerity, these comics unapologetically depict menopause and all its attendant symptoms, from hot flashes and vaginal dryness to forgetfulness, social stigma, anxiety, and shame. Created from a variety of perspectives, they represent a range of life experiences, ages, gender identities, ethnicities, and health conditions. The common thread uniting these stories is the affirmation that, while we can and should laugh at ourselves, no one should be ashamed of menopause. The comics in this book encourage us to share our experiences and to support one another, and ourselves, through self-care and community. Featuring works by a host of pioneering and up-and-coming comics artists, Menopause is a perfect foil to the simplistic, cheap-joke approach society at large has taken to this much-derided women’s health issue. Readers will revel in the sly humor and universal truths found here.The contributors include Lynda Barry, Maureen Burdock, Jennifer Camper, KC Councilor, MK Czerwiec, Leslie Ewing, Joyce Farmer, Ellen Forney, Ann M. Fox, Keet Geniza, Roberta Gregory, Teva Harrison, Rachael House, Leah Jones, Monica Lalanda, Cathy Leamy, Ajuan Mance, Jessica Moran, Mimi Pond, Sharon Rosenzweig, Joyce Schachter, Susan Merrill Squier, Emily Steinberg, Nicola Streeten, A. K. Summers, Kimiko Tobimatsu, Carol Tyler, Shelley L. Wall, and Dana Walrath.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Menopause -- Menopositive! -- #crockpotrunner -- When My Biological Clock Stopped Ticking -- Burning Up -- Desertification -- Zen and the Art of Menopausal Maintenance -- Climacteric Calamity -- My Menopause Story -- “Are You Sexually Active?”: Vaginal Truth Telling -- Invisible Lady -- The End, for Now -- A Slow Intermittent Leak -- 2.14 am–4.43 am: Let Me Introduce Myself -- Any Day Now -- Cycles -- An End Is Not the End -- Ready, Set, “Pause” -- The Big Change -- 84 Paused -- 90 Kimiko Does Menopause -- Surgical Menopause—in Ten Postures -- When the Menopause Carnival Comes to Town -- (A) Men-O-Pause -- Antique Restoration -- Resources -- List of Contributors