
EMMA HARDY: PMDD and the Myths of Monstrous Women
From It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
Published 6/1/2026

From It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
Published 6/1/2026
Emma Hardy lives with PMDD, and spent years of her life trying to work out what actions and feelings were 'her', and what was her PMDD. Her new memoir, Periodic Bitch, intertwines her exploration of her own psyche with cultural depictions and (mis)understandings of monsters, menstruation, and…