The Marines Created a Warrior. But I Forgot How to Be a Woman

I secured my M-16 to my rack after a long, scorching day on the rifle range and touched my stomach. Cramps should be arriving any day—but they weren’t. How many weeks had it been? Where was my period? Where was everyone else’s? I had seen “Full Metal Jacket” and expected the experience it depicted: the […] The post The Marines Created a Warrior. But I Forgot How to Be a Woman appeared first on The…