Off The Shelf Episode 4 with Kirsten Karchmer

Follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” How has she been over the past year and what are her current projects? How can we change the messaging around periods and puberty? 

Discussion Points:

• Tik Tok
• Parents in Texas can now be prosecuted for child abuse if they give their transgendered child medication
• Supporting future menstruators as they begin puberty
• Turning Red animated film - normalizing talking about periods and puberty and changing the messaging
• If men could menstruate
• Dating as a strong women 
• Merkins
• Finding self worth and value in ourselves
• Genital smell and why it happens
• Painting a bigger picture of your life to set bigger goals 
• Fear of not fitting in and uncertainty - our society of conformity 
• Taking the path of love, not the path of fear 

Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:

Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer

Book Interrupted Website 

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

KirstenKarchmer.com

Forever Brazen

The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok

Turning Red

If Men Could Menstruate by Gloria Steinem 

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr Joe Dispenza