Palgrave Handbook of Menstruation Studies in Sport

Holly Thorpe is a Professor and Associate Dean Research in the Division of Health, University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand. She is an award-winning sociologist of sport, physical culture and gender, with more than two decades of research focused on women's health, performance and wellbeing in sport and physical activity. She has published more than 100 journal articles, written five books, and co-edited six books. She works with an array of international, national and local sports organizations to build more equitable and supportive sporting environments for all. She is the recipient of Fulbright and Leverhulme Fellowships, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Bath.Monica Nelson is a PhD candidate at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand. Reflecting her long-term and multifaceted involvement in Olympic Weightlifting—as an athlete, coach, and a member of international media—Monica’s research primarily explores the impact of gender on athletic performance in strength sports. Monica’s research has been published in a range of academic journals, including Sport, Education and Society, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Sport Journal. Sarah Zipp is an Associate Professor of Sport Management at York University in Toronto, Canada. She has taught sport management in the US, UK and Netherlands. Dr Zipp has served as a research consultant and advisor to Nike, the Women's Sports Foundation, and the Global Observatory for Gender Equality in Sport. She is also the founder of the Power to Play Period, a project on menstrual health education in sport.Agatha Gibbons (PhD) is a Fijian scholar whose research examines the intersection of gender, culture, and menstrual health in sport. Her doctoral work investigates Pacific sportswomen’s menstruation-related knowledge and embodied experiences, drawing on a culturally grounded Masi Methodology and talanoa-based inquiry to foreground perspectives often marginalised in mainstream sports science. Through this research, she highlights the need for more culturally responsive approaches to indigenous women's health and wellbeing. Dr Gibbons also serves as a Pacific Health Science Academy Coordinator, where she supports Pacific students’ progression into health science pathways through academic mentoring, programme development, and community-engaged initiatives.

• Chapter 1: Menstruation Matters in Sport and Physical Activity Research Trends and Future Directions.- Chapter 2: Revisiting the Eternally Wounded Woman The Long History of Menstruation in Sport.- Chapter 3: Breaking Down the Stigma and Complexities of Menstrual Health and Performance Research.- Chapter 4: The Menstrual Cycle and Injuries The Importance of Knowledge and Communication for Healthy Recovery.- Chapter 5: Governing REDs Examining Issues of Gender Menstruation and Athlete Health in Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport.- Chapter 6: Menstruating Bodies Beyond Gender Binaries A Critical Dialogue.- Chapter 7: Women and Sport in the Global South Ubuntu and Care in Menstrual Health Policy Practic and Research.- Chapter 8: Toward Menstrual Justice in Sport for Development Framing Sexual and Reproductive Health Initiatives through Embodied Realities.- Chapter 9: Girls Leaking Bodies in Sport Physical Activity and Leisure IndoFijian Perspectives and Cultural Management of Menstruation.- Chapter 10: Embracing the strength in Cycles Insights from a wahine Maori sports practitioner on Menstruation.- Chapter 11: Whakarongo ki te korero o nga Wahine Maori Listening to the Voices of Our Female Deities Ancestors Leaders and Youth.- Chapter 12: Chinese Sportswomens Experiences of Menstruation.- Chapter 13: The Value of MixedMethod Approaches to Menstrual Health in Sport A Case of Elite Track Cycling.- Chapter 14: PeriodFriendly Sport Environments Positive Outcomes and Continuing Challenges for Women Olympic Weightlifters.- Chapter 15: Should I Ask My Participants if They Track Their Periods Stigmatisation and the Role Men Have in Researching Menstruation in Sport.- Chapter 16: Menstruation and ParaSport Intersections of Body Theory and Disability Studies.- Chapter 17: Disabled Sportswomens Experiences of Menstruation.- Chapter 18: Menstruation and Coaching Women Athletes Education Communication and Tracking of the Menstrual Cycle.- Chapter 19: Staying in the Game Menstrual Health Literacy for Adolescent Athletes.- Chapter 20: Leaders Knowledge Experiences and Facilitation of Menstruation in Adventurous Activities.- Chapter 21: Flow and Friction Navigating Menstrual Equity and Resistance in the Outdoors.- Chapter 22: Building a Female Athlete Health Literacy Programme within Netball in Aotearoa New Zealand.- Chapter 23: Empowering Not Scrutinizing A Critical Dialogue with Sport Practitioners about Menstruation Health and Performance.- Chapter 24: Media Representations of Menstruation in Sport An Analysis of North American Media.- Chapter 25: Nobody is Talking About This Exploring the Postfeminist Promise of Cycle Syncing TikTok Content.- Chapter 26: My Body is Finally in Tune with Itself A Diffractive Reading of Cycle Syncing Health and Productivity in Practice.- Chapter 27: I Dont Think they Knew How to Do Anything with It AFLW Footballers Experiences of Menstruation Tracking.