Menstruation is a taboo and silenced topic. Having periods, talking about them, and not being ashamed of them is normal. Time to get rid of the shame that a woman is a woman and blood is blood. Menstruation is not a disease. Menstruation is not a shame. Menstruation is normal! And the "cross" is just a mark in the personal calendar of "months", and not a lifelong cross placed on the shoulders of global femininity. What is this book about? Menstrual taboos and the bloodiest myths in history; Punitive Soviet gynecology; Menstrual poverty: cotton wool and pieces; Public toilets and feminine hygiene; "Red calendar days", "guests in a red car" and other euphemisms. How many books about menstruation have you read? Probably not much.
This topic is still shrouded in mystery, censorship, and thick red shame. "Guests from Chervonohrad", "these days", and "red day of the calendar" are just some of the code words used to denote this natural process for the female body, and even they are not customary to say out loud in our country.
"The Cross, or A Very Bloody Book" is not really about menstruation as much as it is about the truth. The truth about the most intimate experience, which unites entire generations of familiar and unfamiliar women with an invisible red thread.
