How to Bitch Slap Menopause into Submission: an Open Appeal

Erin Ryan Burdette
The Bad Influence
Published in
6 min readMay 3, 2021

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Women bear the period, tampons, pill, pregnancy, and delivery, but menopause takes the cake. (And cruelly gives us cravings to eat the cake at midnight.)

Photo by Ava Sol on Unsplash

Dear Menopause,

Fuck you. Now that we’ve got that out of the way. Not to point fingers, but my temper, remember, is your fucking fault. Okay?

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Erin Ryan Burdette
The Bad Influence

Freelance writer of plays/short stories/poetry/narrative non-fiction; lover of humor, chocolate, pratfalls, my children (in no particular order..).