Summary Of My First Period By Staceyann Chin

Staceyann Chin is a woman from Jamaica who is a black, Chinese, mother and a lesbian. She tells her heroic story about growing up as a woman through spoken word. Chin grew up in Jamaica and when she vocalized her sexuality, 12 men raped her in a bathroom. Ms. Chin then moved to Brooklyn NY, in search of a safer lifestyle, however, her expectations were not met. Chin’s stories are real and relatable to girls worldwide. I am grateful that I was introduced to her spoken word because it’s refreshing to hear that women are not alone in the struggle of being confused, marginalized and harassed.
One of my favorite spoken words Chin preforms is, “My First Period.”. She discusses how all of the books about puberty say period blood should be “hemoglobin