#period rant

[lottiessecretdiary]

My cramps are making me feel like shit. I’m so fucking nauseous and in pain. IM SO SICK OF THIS SHIT BRO

Although I’d rather have the worst cramps of my life than bleed. I genuinely feel disgusting every time I get my period because I’m just bleeding from my god damn pussy ALLLLLL DAY EVERY DAY FOR ONE WEEK EVERY MONTH

[ajmakoko]

I absolutely fucking haaaaaaaate fireworks, it's an entirely awful idea, setting off small bombs, accessibke to amyone, leaving toxic metal fumes in the air. And the small bombs are set off in the street, where vehicles with multiple gallons of fuel drive.

And I hate fucking recreational bicyclists who ride on highways without shoulders!!! Stop doing that!!! It isn't necessary!!!! You are being an arrogant piecd of shit!!!!!!!!!!!! And risking lives!!!! There are roads with shoulders, bike lanes, and hike and bike paths!!! Stop fucking choosing to ride on busy major highways that are windy and have no shoulder!

[emmanemoni]

god damn, why in the everloving hell do periods have to get an update every 1 to 3 years now? The first one was the pain update, it added pain to go with the blood, the second was the pain expansion pack, it added more types of pain for $Free.99, and every update after were updates that added features that don't include pain but give different forms of suffering! The only update I actually liked was the one that gives me bursts of productivity for the first few days, because at least it gives me a cleaner house to crawl in excruciating pain through! I might just be angry that the newest "update" added nausea as a new symptom tho, I am hungry but can't eat because I feel like I'll get sick if I tried ( T _ T )

[mentallyillskittle]

I’m recovering from being sick, I have a lasting cough and headache, my period just started. My core muscles are sore from coughing. I also had a coughing fit that ended with me throwing up a little. Yeah I’m having a great day 🫩

[serpentesol]

Don't like when people tag a fandom, but it's only abbreviated with two letters. If you say "dw" do you mean "Doctor who", "Dandy's world", or "Discworld". None of these wre hard to spell you can just tag the whole thing in the bottom of your post.

[i-stole-a-demons-personality]

'if men got periods, all products would be free.'

Yes. But there's so much more to it. First of all, we'd have had the knowledge we have about it today, 100+ years ago. Research would have been done in ancient Greek, and in other civilized cultures I haven't been taught about in school because I live in Western Europe.

Back in the prehistorical times, rituals would have evolved around periods, of which we wouldn't have known a lot, but cave paintings and archaeological findings could tell us something. And would.

Ancient Greek and Rome would not only have done studies or philosophized about it, poetry and other literary works would mention it, if not revolve around it. This would still affect the literary works today.

During the week of the bleeding, men would be seen as superior (yeah, even more than they already were), closer to God in some cultures, ascended to a higher spiritual level in others. I personally doubt that any man would have to sleep in the hallway or outside, eat without the rest of his family or have been left only the scraps, were he to menstruate.

We'd know about the periods of historical figures. Julius Caesar invaded countries while he was in his period, and succeeded because his army believed God was with them because their leader bled his blood for his empire.

(I once again don't know enough about non-western historical figures to imagine them having periods.)

Status would not only revolve around family and wealth, the longer period a man would have, the higher up he'd be in social and institutional hierarchy. Women are told they'd want to marry the man with the longest and heaviest period, until feminist movements start and try to convince other non-menstruating people something else.

Products, yes, they'd be free. And they'd also be found mentioned more in transcripts and other texts, they'd be found more in archaeological sites.

Musical lyrics from the Middle Ages would tell us about the week when a man would be able to talk to God, where he bled his own blood for the sins of the non-menstruating.

Modern day songs, hip-hop, metal, jazz, whatever else, would mention it. There'd be fire tracks on what men have to go through every month.

Oh, and by the way, a period would never be called a period. You'd have the Days of Ascension in old cultures. Slang for periods would probably not be as lame as 'auntie has arrived' (no offense to all aunties but you get what I mean).

It would serve as an excuse too, for things as small as skipping school (which, if bad enough, can be used for menstruating people now too), giving presentations or catching deadlines.

But I also believe that political faults, big juridical mistakes, and assaults (of non-menstruating people) could be excused by a man's period.

In elementary school, kids get taught about periods and how they have such an influence on half the world's population. 'Remember, girls, if a boy acts a bit strange or not like you'd expect him to, he might be on his period and it's important you keep that in mind.'

Not to mention how it would be one of the first topics in biology class, not something you would maybe be taught in biology when you're 16 yourself and may have been menstruating for 6 years already.

Guys would brag about how long their period is, how much more mature and masculine they are now that they've got their periods.

And all that would be possible, because it would not be a massive international taboo. Men would not have to hide their periods, sharing their free pads would not look like a secretive drug deal, talking about it wouldn't form an awkward conversation. 'The talk' wouldn't have just been the father and the son, no, I think that the whole family would listen to the effects of a man's period.

If you've come all the way reading this, please also read this satirical article by Gloria Steinem about this topic because yes.

I used men and women to emphasize the difference from this scenario to the what's it like now, but I'm ofcourse aware that not all women menstruate and that some men do.

I also desperately want to look into other cultures around this topic but school is eating away my time AHH so yeah

[angryboyprincess]

every month i get my period and every month, without fail, i repeat the process of “why do i have so many pimples all of a sudden” and “why am i easily upset and angered” and “why am i in so much pain” then i see the blood and everything makes sense again lol

[sparklerzii]

my period started at such the WRONG time 💔 i forgot to bring pads and i'm in school...