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The Monster Inside: Living With Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

As kids, we grow up with tales of monsters that thrill us. Hiding a flashlight under the blanket at sleepovers, we make shadow puppets with giant teeth. We crookedly draw “evil” winged eyeliner and paste on pointy fangs for our favorite holiday of the year.

By Madison Greer3 min read
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There’s a strange fascination in our culture with monsters, whether that fascination is rooted in the pure curiosity towards something so far removed from our everyday existence or rooted in the comfort in the inevitability that the monster — no matter how formidable — will be slain by the hero. Who, in any theater across the world, did NOT cheer when he-who-must-not-be-named was — after EIGHT horcruxes — finally slain?