CUNTastic
Subtitle: The menstruation issue
By: Laurel Ripple-Carpenter [and others]
Publisher: Confluence Media Collective
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Grand Junction, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Menstruation; Political activists
Other titles: Menstruation issue
Description: This compilation zine contains anecdotes about menstruation from radical contributors. They review for alternative menstrual products (sea sponges, reusable pads, menstrual cups) and share first period stories and personal reflections about their relationships with their periods. Also included are pieces on watering plants with menstrual blood and water, going into labor while protesting at the 2008 Denver Democratic National Convention, lunaception (a fertility method involving syncing one's periods with lunar cycles), and Depo-Provera. Graphics include black-and-white photos and illustrations from vintage anatomy books, a 2010 menstrual calendar, and a full-color photo collage centerfold.
Notes: "Confluence Media Collective formerly Grand Junction Alternative Media"--Page 42.

Cover title.
Table of contents: title: Lost my mucus plug at the DNC : going into labor with Ramona Frances  -- by Laurel Ripple-Carpenter; title: 2010 Menstrual Calendar  -- by Danae Silva; title: The evils of disposable menstrual products  -- by Connie Murillo; title: 'The Keeper' reusable menstrual cup  -- reviewed by Michelle Matthews; title: 'Moon Pads' washable cloth menstrual pads  -- reviewed by Laurel Ripple-Carpenter; title: 'Sea Pearls' reusable sea sponge tampons  -- reviewed by Connie Murillo; title: Lunaception : bringing the moon back into your cycle  -- by Laurel Ripple-Carpenter; title: Book review of 'Blood Magic: the Anthropology of Menstruation' edited by Thomas Buckley & Alma Gottlieb  -- reviewed by Connie Murillo; title: My last period  -- by Connie Murillo; title: Mothering a newly menstruating girl  -- by Heather Hill; title: My painfull relationship with tampons  -- by Mallory Rice; title: Giving my period a new identity  -- by Jessica Marie; title: Cloth pads as a cultural experience  -- by Lisa Wood; title: The birth story of Lilliana Michele  -- by Shoshanna; title: The cycle of my cycle: wanting it, getting it, and losing it  -- by Carla Burkle; title: Erotica : earning your red wings  -- by Eric Niederkruger; title: Menarche : a celebration of first menstruation  -- by Stephanie Dank; title: Periodless : how Depo-Provera took my period away -- by Ashley E. Mates.