Chella Quint

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.{{cite web |title=Chella Quint – Reading Assembly: Care |url=https://sitesb.reading.ac.uk/reading-assembly-care/contributor/chella-quint/ |access-date=29 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329141740/https://sitesb.reading.ac.uk/reading-assembly-care/contributor/chella-quint/ |archive-date=29 March 2025}} She subsequently gained a place at Bretton Hall College of Education, where she completed her postgraduate certificate in education in drama education.

Early in her career, Quint taught drama at school, based in Sheffield during the day and performed stand-up comedy at night.{{cite news |last1=Arney |first1=Kat |author-link=Kat Arney |date=13 January 2017 |title=TES talks to...Chella Quint |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-talks-tochella-quint |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330115000/https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/tes-talks-tochella-quint |archive-date=30 March 2025 |access-date=30 March 2025 |work=The Times Educational Supplement |location=London |issue=5231|url-access=subscription}} In 2005 she published the first of her zines, "Adventures in Menstruating", in which she humourously explores menstrual products, sanitary bins, and blood stains.{{cite journal |last1=Nijsten |first1=Nina |title=Unruly Booklets: Resisting Body Norms with Zines |journal=DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies |date=2017 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=75–88 |doi=10.11116/digest.4.2.5 |jstor=10.11116/digest.4.2.5 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.11116/digest.4.2.5 |access-date=30 March 2025 |issn=2593-0273|doi-access=free }}{{cite web |title=Adventures in menstruating. Issue no. 1. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/j7e56ssr |website=Wellcome Collection |access-date=30 March 2025 |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Bobel |first1=Chris |last2=Kissling |first2=Elizabeth Arveda |title=Menstruation Matters: Introduction to Representations of the Menstrual Cycle |journal=Women's Studies |date=31 January 2011 |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=121–126 |doi=10.1080/00497878.2011.537981 |pmid=21539020 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00497878.2011.537981 |issn=0049-7878|url-access=subscription}}

She introduced the term "period positive" in 2006 and created #periodpositive to challenge menstrual taboos through humour while seeking solutions to period poverty.{{cite journal |last1=Fahs |first1=Breanne |title=An Energetic Jaunt Through the Menstrual Universe with Chella Quint: Be Period Positive |journal=Women's Reproductive Health |date=2 January 2023 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=159–160 |doi=10.1080/23293691.2022.2034274 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23293691.2022.2034274 |issn=2329-3691|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |title=Sheffield Hallam researcher and trailblazing activist named in Disability Power 100 |publisher=Sheffield Hallam University |url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/chella-quint-obe-disability-power-100|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329141342/https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/chella-quint-obe-disability-power-100|archive-date=29 March 2025 |website=www.shu.ac.uk |access-date=29 March 2025}}{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Shami |author-link=Shami Chakrabarti|title=Of Women: In the 21st Century |date=2017 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-241-29635-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfe-DgAAQBAJ |language=en}} In 2019, she introduced the "Period Positive Pledge," which serves as a guideline for forming menstruation-inclusive policies and outreach programmes.

Quint published Own Your Period in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Leeper |first1=Angela |title=Own Your Period |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA689976787&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=LitRC&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E5d35b09c&aty=open-web-entry |access-date=30 March 2025 |work=Booklist |date=1 August 2021 |pages=46–47 |language=English|url-access=subscription}} In 2024 she was awarded an OBE for her contributions to the field of education.{{cite news |last1=Parnell |first1=Grace |title=Sheffield period education campaigner 'honoured' by OBE |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce99exy2659o |access-date=29 March 2025 |work=BBC News |date=17 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329140510/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce99exy2659o |archive-date=29 March 2025}}

• {{cite book |title=Adventures in Menstruating. Issue no. 1. |date=2005 |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/j7e56ssr |language=en}}
• {{cite journal |title=To the Leaking Girl |journal=Women's Studies |date=31 January 2011 |doi=10.1080/00497878.2011.538000 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00497878.2011.538000 |language=EN |issn=0049-7878 |volume=40 |issue=2 |page=220 |last1=Quint |first1=Chella }}

• {{cite book |title=Own Your Period |date=2021 |publisher=words & pictures |isbn=978-0-7112-5663-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L0Q3EAAAQBAJ |language=en}}
• {{cite book |title=Be Period Positive: Reframe Your Thinking And Reshape The Future Of Menstruation |date=2021 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-0-241-54177-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ek4vEAAAQBAJ|language=en}}

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• {{YouTube|kce4VxEgTAM|TEDxSheffield: Adventures in Menstruating: Don't Use Shame to Sell (2012)}}

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