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Drop by Drop: Cinematic Menstrual Activism, One Viewer at a Time

Red Moon: Menstruation, Culture & the Politics of Gender. Directed by Diana Fabianova, Northampton, Mass., Media Education. Foundation, 2010. 53 min. $250.00 (University price) ISBN: 1-932869-43-3. www.mediaed.org

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Chesler, G. Drop by Drop: Cinematic Menstrual Activism, One Viewer at a Time. Sex Roles 68, 155–158 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-9972-x

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