Off the Rag

Lesbians Writing on Menopause

Plot

An anthology of some of the best lesbian writers offering a powerful view of their menopausal lives.

An ode to estrogen / Karla Jay --
The wise protectress / Tasha Anthony Johnson --
Menopause and the gift of healing / Elena Sherman --
Menopause and the ugly duckling syndrome / Carolyn Gage --
In tune with my body / Connie Panzarino --
Nearly, at last / Candis Graham --
Changing back / Azalia Rodriguez --
Don't worry, dear, it's really all in your glands / Sarah Dreher --
Hot flash to warm glow / Jean Mountaingrove --
Prescribing for menopausal women / Barbara Bennett --
Two old maids / Judith E. Beckett and Paij Wadley --
Women-o-pause / Laura Post --
Desire prefected: sex after fifty / Joan Nestle --
The sacred m words / Henri Bensussen --
Cum with me Lucy (excerpts from the novel) / Red Jordan Arobateau --
Testing one, two, three / Julia Willis --
Question / Mandy Carter --
Kotex, Tampax and vitamin E / Maria --
Free! free! free! / Mariwynne and Lynn --
Life with Irene, the menopause and the pink tablets / Beatriz Copello --
Lesbian menopause / Mary Clare Powell --
Out of the saddle at twenty-six / Mededith More --
The period : a sequel / Marilyn Murphy --
Learning to live with my body / Julia Penelope --
My life as a volcano / Merrill Mushroom --
The menopause cocoon / Zana --
Toward a new understanding of the importance of eating weeds / Lauren Crux --
Flossie's flashes / Sally Miller Gearhart --
Learning to listen to myself / Pearlie McNeill --
A disease of housewives / Valerie Taylor --
Trapped in jello / Mattie Fast --
Thoughts of konenki-menopause / Naeko Wakabayashi --
Half of a map / Sandy Boucher --
Menopause waltz / Sue O'Sullivan --
A change of mind / Pele Plante --
Some thoughts on the menopause / Victoria Lee-Owens --
Non-menopause : a chronology / Susan J. Wolfe --
Summertime / Lee Lynch --
Now don't start that again! / Shelly Roberts --
Change of life / Sunlight --Hormonic convergence : con sangre/sin sangre / Terri de la Peña.