Through a series of letters in her notebook, an adolescent girl documents her bizarre and often uncomfortable experience at "wife camp," and explores patriarchal gender norms and marital expectations.

In a world where women can have their menstrual cycles removed, a family tries to talk their daughter out of joining a group that embraces their periods.

A group of American explorers and scientists in Africa, including two women, venture into the wild looking for gorillas. When one of the women goes missing, their native guides quit their jobs, and the men lead a slaughter of the gorillas, the other woman wonders if the first woman disappeared into the world of the gorillas by choice, to escape the confines of her life with men.