Flash Count Diary

Flash Count Diary
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Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flushes. Then insomnia. Then depression. As she struggled to understand what was happening to her, she slammed up against a culture of silence and sexism. Some promoted hormone replacement therapy, others encouraged acceptance, but there was little that offered a path to understanding menopause in an engaged way.
Flash Count Diary is a powerful exploration into aspects of menopause that have rarely been written about. It is a deeply feminist book, honest about the intimations of mortality that menopause signals but also an argument for the ascendency, beauty and power of the post-reproductive years in women’s lives.

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Darcey Steinke. Flash Count Diary

Contents

1 Night on Fire

2 Free Lolita

3 The Animals

4 Mind at the End of Its Tether

5 Demigirl in Kemmering

6 Lessons in Demonology

7 The Old Monkey

8 Nocturnal Hunter

9 Hole in My Heart

10 The Whale Wins

11 Home Waters

A Note About the Whales

Notes. 1. Night on Fire

2. Free Lolita

3. The Animals

4. Mind at the End of Its Tether

5. Demigirl in Kemmering

6. Lessons in Demonology

7. The Old Monkey

8. Nocturnal Hunter

9. Hole in My Heart

10. The Whale Wins

11. Home Waters

Acknowledgments

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Darcey Steinke is the author of five novels including Sister Golden Hair, Jesus Saves, Up Through the Water, Milk, and Suicide Blonde, and a memoir Easter Everywhere. Her books have been translated into ten languages. @DarceySteinke | darceysteinke.com

Sister Golden Hair

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Looking beyond boilerplate misogyny, I’d argue that the flash has been debased because it’s a sort of conduit, a profound crossing to the older stage of life. The sensation I have in the aura before the flash is elevated, possibly even hallucinatory, though that does not diminish its power: I feel I will soon find out knowledge no one else possesses, something to do with the boundary between life and death.

Of the spiritual dimensions of the flash, I find little to nothing in the scientific and self-help literature of menopause. Most of the writing deals with how to get rid of hot flashes, not how to understand them. Premarin, a hormone replacement made out of the urine of pregnant horses, is the most common suggestion. Natural remedies are more humane but vary in effect. Herbalists recommend black cohosh, nettle, soy, rose hip, creams made from wild yam, vitamin E, and vitamin B. One website suggests taking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar twice a day and another drinking 10 percent of your body weight in water. Belinda Carlisle, the singer from the Go-Go’s, recommends putting a magnet in your underpants.

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