One of the many sub-plots involves her guy study buddy trying to ask her out (and being a typically idiotic adolescent boy about it), while she seems to prefer Abby. Noticing that the girls’ restroom has no supplies, and that even if the machine was stocked, they’d be asked to pay for the necessity, angers Abby, who spends the rest of the school year trying different approaches to do something about the unfairness of the situation. The other girls sweep in to help her get what she needs. Sasha is the new girl at school who meets Abby and her friends when she gets her first period and doesn’t notice, although others do and make fun of her. I was frustrated that several of the conflicts needed to move the plot forward are not resolved here.Ībby, the redhead, is an artist and rabble-rouser. (I believe Lily Williams wrote and drew it, and Karen Schneemann co-wrote.) However, as with many projects that set out to make a case for a certain point of view, the story takes second place. It’s a lengthy book, over 300 pages, because the authors touch, if only briefly, on a wide variety of related subjects. As one of the characters says, “Fifty percent of the population gets a period… but it’s like this HUGE secret we can’t talk about?” This book would not have existed several years ago.Īs it is, it’s a good starting point. Go With the Flow marks just how prevalent female readers and authors have become in comics.
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