Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Learn more about Karen at To learn more about Lily, visit lilywilliamsart.High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow.īest friends help you start a revolution. If you are feeling hesitant about your own work in progress with “taboo” themes, study Go With the Flow for a dose of daring.īrowse the original Mean Magenta comics here: / They sprinkle thought-provoking ideas and acts of kindness throughout, educating and arming their readers with knowledge, courage, and hope. They give the reader relatable characters, who feel as real as flesh-and-blood friends. They deliver a plot focused on the menstrual cycle with lots of heart and tons of humor.
In Abby’s words “you know, the patriarchy, and all that (barf)”.
Readers will recognize themselves within these pages, and all the characters will inspire them to be their best selves.īravo for bravery! Lily and Karen unabashedly tackle a subject that has been dubbed as “inappropriate” and “gross” for generations. However, it is a must-read, helping teens feel more comfortable about their changing bodies, and opening their eyes to what peers might be experiencing. This YA graphic novel, filled with interesting facts throughout and containing oodles of relevant backmatter, is geared towards a more mature audience. Go with the Flow also addresses other teenage topics such as boys (the nice ones and the “fart bags”), sexual identity, generational and cultural gaps, activism, and kindness, without ever being preachy. She has to face well-meaning but clueless male teachers, and experiences anxiety about what might be wrong with her. Brit deals with excruciating cramps that forces her to miss several days of school per month. Her passion and determination to be heard leads to hurt feelings, teetering friendships, and important lessons about listening. (No one-note, perfect, fictional girls here!) Upbeat Abby, fierce defender of women’s rights, decides to address the lack of feminine products in their school’s bathrooms after Sasha has a period emergency. These four girls could not be more different in ethnicity, body types, personalities, and menstrual experiences, which makes this book super relatable to its YA audience. Go with the Flow (First Second, 2020) is written and illustrated by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann, co-creators of the online comic series The Mean Magenta and is the book I wish I had when I was a teen.īrit, Sasha, Christine and Abby are four sophomore friends, who share laughs, rides, cookies and quiet conversations about their struggles with their periods.
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