#menstruation ///

[ocean-of-junk]

I gather it's because the patriarchy and also in a time of no running water it would be a waste of water and a health risk because blood.

Also the blood smell kind of sticks around if it isn't rinsed properly.

So in a pre flush toilet world I could see how that belief was justified and enforced by people of the time.

I'm so glad I live in the future and texas because jfc.

[classycookiexo]

[normystical]

[neda-epik]

oh boy i got a story

my mom decided to put me in some "girl summer camp uwu" and I was told we'd be talking about make up and girly things.

fast foward: i get there(it's in another city), late. Everyone's sitting in a circle and they're all talking about feelings and stuff. One girl is in tears. coming from a post-soviet emotionaly-stunned-parents combo-bombo family - not a great match

it ended up being a whole week-long sexual-education summer camp. everything a 11y/o would want (sarcasm). i don't have any fond memories from the camp itself. i mean talking about preservatives, r@pe, trauma and other stuff is cool but the weird woman did push some of her more traditional values and made PARANOID ABOUT GETTING MY PERIOD, like for a year i lived in complete paranoia

so i knew what was going on but i was terrified

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[sayruq]

Palestinian girls and women are forced to use tents as pads. People boost. Donate if you can

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[irhabiya]

i'm curious how many people also don't experience cramps as their main symptom, because back pain is the worst for me by far it's usually how i can tell my period is coming up too

[luminarai]

hey, hi, I was just on the former bird app and came across this info from a brand new study and now I cannot stop screaming internally??? what the actual fuckkkk

theres' an article from the guardian here and here is the actual study:

[xaeyrnofnbe]

new period poll but i remembered to change the duration this time

once again, don’t want any terfs touching this. also: doing this a second time bc a lot of people found the old one after it was done (i forgot to change the duration from day to week. this new one will last a week)

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[3liza]

the number of afab people replying to the pain poll going "yeah I've broken limbs and had 1st degree burns and given birth but nothing tops my menstrual pain" is so fucked up it is unbelievable. and I was right there with everyone else until I stumbled on a low dose progestin regimen that just made me stop menstruating. which I would recommend to everyone except it just doesn't work for everyone. ask your doc about it though, it won't cause permanent side effects or injury to try it out. i take norethindrone 2.5mg 2x/day. this dose has to be different for each patient to work correctly, that's just what I take. there's some research to suggest synthetic progesterone like norethindrone is carcinogenic so I'm going to look into switching. anyway i just got extremely lucky. there is seriously nothing like it. it was the worst pain I ever felt until the urology incident and frankly I think the menstrual pain was already a factor in the outcome of the urology incident

[profeminist]

My ovulation tracker suddenly asked what state I live in

🇵🇸 🕊️ BURN THE PATRIARCHY

"It said telling them was required to continue using the app.

The fuck it is.

I deleted it immediately. Like I’m gonna risk police showing up to my door if I miss a month due to non-pregnancy reasons.

Update: I just went to the tracker’s spot in the App Store to leave a review warning other potential users. According to the last few reviews that were written, I am NOT the first user since the last update who noticed and immediately deleted.

I have no problem naming and shaming the app, but I’m unsure if it’s allowed. If a moderator could let me know if I’m allowed to name the app or not, I’d really appreciate it!

Edit #2: I’ve gotten permission to name the app as long as we don’t go brigading. The app is called Ovia. Avoid it like the plague!"

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[sayruq]

CONT the delivery of essential items into Gaza.

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