Chella Quint

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Chella Quint

OBE
Born Brooklyn, New York, US
Education New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Bretton Hall College of Education
Subject Menstrual stigma
Website
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Chella Quint OBE is an American born writer, performer, and education campaigner on menstruation, based in Sheffield, England.

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Early life and education

Chella Quint was born in Brooklyn, New York, and earned her degree in dramatic writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. [1] She subsequently gained a place at Bretton Hall College of Education, where she completed her postgraduate certificate in education in drama education. [1]

Career

Early in her career, Quint taught drama at school, based in Sheffield during the day and performed stand-up comedy at night. [2] In 2005 she published the first of her zines, "Adventures in Menstruating", in which she humourously explores menstrual products, sanitary bins, and blood stains. [3] [4] [5]

She introduced the term "period positive" in 2006 and created #periodpositive to challenge menstrual taboos through humour while seeking solutions to period poverty. [6] [7] [8] In 2019, she introduced the "Period Positive Pledge," which serves as a guideline for forming menstruation-inclusive policies and outreach programmes. [1]

Quint published Own Your Period in 2021. [9] In 2024 she was awarded an OBE for her contributions to the field of education. [10]

Selected publications

Articles

Books

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chella Quint – Reading Assembly: Care". Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Arney, Kat (13 January 2017). "TES talks to...Chella Quint". The Times Educational Supplement. No. 5231. London. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Nijsten, Nina (2017). "Unruly Booklets: Resisting Body Norms with Zines". DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies. 4 (2): 75–88. doi:10.11116/digest.4.2.5. ISSN   2593-0273. JSTOR   10.11116/digest.4.2.5 . Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Adventures in menstruating. Issue no. 1". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Bobel, Chris; Kissling, Elizabeth Arveda (31 January 2011). "Menstruation Matters: Introduction to Representations of the Menstrual Cycle" . Women's Studies. 40 (2): 121–126. doi:10.1080/00497878.2011.537981. ISSN   0049-7878. PMID   21539020.
  6. ↑ Fahs, Breanne (2 January 2023). "An Energetic Jaunt Through the Menstrual Universe with Chella Quint: Be Period Positive" . Women's Reproductive Health. 10 (1): 159–160. doi:10.1080/23293691.2022.2034274. ISSN   2329-3691.
  7. ↑ "Sheffield Hallam researcher and trailblazing activist named in Disability Power 100". www.shu.ac.uk. Sheffield Hallam University. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Chakrabarti, Shami (2017). Of Women: In the 21st Century. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN   978-0-241-29635-6.
  9. ↑ Leeper, Angela (1 August 2021). "Own Your Period" . Booklist. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Parnell, Grace (17 June 2024). "Sheffield period education campaigner 'honoured' by OBE". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
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