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Period
"Period piece" is a phrase that is used to describe creative works which involve a time period in history. This informal term covers all countries, all periods and all genres, but is mostly associated with historical fiction.
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Marcie talked about her life, and she talked about the courses she was taking. She told Lily that she was a feminist and she said that women had to take back the space that men had stolen from them. She talked about her body. She talked about ownership. She said that she was proud of her period, and Lily thought that this was the oddest thing to be proud of. She herself wasn't ashamed of it, but she hadn't ever thought it worth discussing.
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― Here the Dark: A Novella and Stories
― Here the Dark: A Novella and Stories
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Aurora can’t talk to you right now.”
“Why not?”
“Do you know what a period is?”
“A punctuation mark. I am Italian, not illiterate.”
“Not that kind of period. A girl’s kind of period.”
“Oh, a female’s menstrual cycle.”
“Yes. She’s in the throes of it right now.”
“She seemed in fine health earlier.”
“What are you, her OB?”
“Her what?”
“Exactly.”
“See? He doesn’t have a clue.
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― Demons in Disguise
― Demons in Disguise
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