Menopause is slowly becoming less taboo, but the conversation is still laced with stigma. At best, we are often given a sanitised overview that vaguely mentions the most ‘socially acceptable’ parts – maybe a nod to a hot flush (sweat-free, naturally), or a joke about hormones. We rarely hear the full, raw stories from marginalised queer people of colour who have rejected the stigma and silence. Blood, sweat, sex, hair, and the deeply spiritual experience of inhabiting a body in transition. Through ritual, reflection, and the shared stories of those who trod this path before you, this book offers a guiding hand to anyone who wants to defy the stigma of menopause and embrace the next stage of life. It will help you shed the colonialist, misogynist view of menopause as an ending, a time when women fade into irrelevance and gender-expansive people are never considered at all. The authors in this collection invite you instead to embrace your wisdom and life experience, to liberate yourself and transition into a new phase of being.
