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    Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public

    But Does It Have The Midas Touch?

    Call Me Old-Fashioned, But...

    Linda's Film About Menstruation: An Intentionally Funny '70s Filmstrip

    "Do I Have To Change My Tampon Every Time I Pee?"

    "Are You Sure I'll Still Be A Virgin?"

    Ocean Not Having A Happy Period As Tampon Applicators Wash Up On Canadian Shores

    Blame Twilight

    Bloody Hell

    Bad Girls Club: Sex Toys, Tampons, And Drunk Crying, Oh My!
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    Image of MarissaExplainsItAll MarissaExplainsItAll
    10/08/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    It's all fun and games and fighting the power and such until a "supressed" male decides that erections need to be made public.
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Just heard about this yesterday: The museum of menstruation.

    [atlasobscura.com]

    The website's a mess, but I can imagine the new museum turning out pretty awesome.
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    Image of JerseyGrrrl JerseyGrrrl
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Look, if a man decides that blowing a load on a newspaper page is art, and New York City believes him, then this is art. It's making me think, and I love the way the artist brought beauty and consumerism issues into it too.

    This reminds me a bit of Steinem's "If Men Could Menstruate," one of my favorite of her essays. At one point, she says that if men got periods, women would be encouraged to see their blood as sexy. I see this as a remark on the culture of jizz. I've said a million times I don't like for the stuff (straight into a Kleenex, thanks!), but if you're willing to taste that and not your own fluids... well, that's an interesting double standard, huh?
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    Image of portia_sue portia_sue
    10/02/09

    @JerseyGrrrl: That's my thought, too. I mean, I try not to be squeamish about anything having to do with my body, my lover's body, etc. I've tasted my own menstrual blood, my own lubrication, his sweat, semen....

    Reading all the comments, though, it appears that I am a weirdo, or at least an outlier.
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    Image of StarSquid StarSquid
    10/03/09

    @portia_sue: I've accidentally tasted mine during sex too. It was sweet. I don't know if I would willingly do it again, but I wasn't grossed out by the blood when I realized it after the fact. Its just another bodily fluid.
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    10/03/09

    @JerseyGrrrl: I LOVE 'if men could menstruate' - especially the things which liberal men would say! [www.mum.org]
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Am I the only one whose read Microserfs by Douglas Coupland? A segment in which the women in the office talk about periods and you also see the IMs between the men in the office during the conversation, is one of the funniest things I have ever read.
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    Image of Cerridwen Cerridwen
    10/02/09

    @Plum-Pie: Yes, I remember that part! Very humorous!
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    Image of embarcadero13 embarcadero13
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    I feel like this gives feminism a bad name.
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    Image of JerseyGrrrl JerseyGrrrl
    10/02/09

    @embarcadero13: You think encouraging women not to feel shame for something their bodies do naturally and encouraging them to demand better and more environmentally friendly care for that natural process gives feminism a bad name?? I don't follow that.
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    10/03/09

    @JerseyGrrrl: I nean, I'm not shamed by my period... and i'm not shamed to go #2 either. Doesn't mean I spread it on my face.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Urban Decay has got to take that color and name for a new lipstick:
    "Menarchy".
    THEN it may get put on my lips!
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    Image of JinxyMcDeath JinxyMcDeath
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    I don't want to smear discharge on my face either...I don't think that means I'm not "emancipated."
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    Image of greengrey greengrey
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Um. Her lipstick is bleeding.
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    Image of Norton Norton
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Hey, I've tasted my own menstrual blood! *edit for TMI*

    It's not actually that great, guys. I don't think my feminist card got upgraded to platinum afterwards, either.
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    Edited by Norton at 10/02/09 5:27 PM Norton was starred Norton was unstarred
    Image of heywhat heywhat
    10/02/09

    @Norton: TMI.
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    MizJenkins promoted this comment heywhat was starred heywhat was unstarred
    Image of MizJenkins MizJenkins
    10/02/09

    @heywhat: Now wait just a minute...this is ironic. If we're applauding wearing menstrual blood on your face to overcome the "taboo" of menstruation what could possibly be TMI?

    Where are drawing the line here?
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    10/02/09

    @MizJenkins: I didn't know I was applauding the wearing of menstrual blood on your face? Because I think this all sounds like people have too much time on their hands. There are more important things to be an activist about.
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    Image of MizJenkins MizJenkins
    10/02/09

    @heywhat: I mean, I pretty much agree with you...but I'm just curious about what could have been so TMI that it needed to be edited (in this forum of all places). That almost makes the argument for menstrual activism.
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    Image of heywhat heywhat
    10/02/09

    @MizJenkins: Sent through pm.
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    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    10/02/09

    @MizJenkins: That is a fantastic point! Down with the patriarchy's idea of TMI!
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    10/02/09

    @heywhat: Just to be clear, you weren't saying that her talking about tasting her own menstrual blood as TMI right?
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    Image of angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip
    10/02/09

    @Norton: I want to know! I'm faaaascinated.
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    Image of greengrey greengrey
    10/02/09

    @MizJenkins: I agree. Maybe it's because I don't have many boundaries, but I don't get the "TMI" thing. Who gives a shit?
    It's strange that on a feminist website (of sorts) someone will "TMI shame" someone into editing their thoughts on menstruation.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    10/02/09

    @greengrey: I thought perhaps there was personal identifying information that was edited out. I hope they were TMI shaming her for tasting menstrual blood and a POST about tasting your own menstrual blood. That would be weird.
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    Image of heywhat heywhat
    10/03/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Whatever. I didn't "shame" anyone into doing anything. It was my opinion, which I'm allowed to have, that her post contained too much information that I didn't care to know. It was her post, so if she wanted to edit it that was her choice. She could have let it if she wanted to.
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    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    10/03/09

    @heywhat: excuse me? Why is all your hate directed my direction?
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    Image of heywhat heywhat
    10/03/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: No hate just stating the facts. I responded to you because you were the comment after mine. Plus, I really don't get how I was upholding a patriarchial idea of TMI.
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    Image of Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
    10/04/09

    @heywhat: then you seriously don't understand the point of "radical menstruation."
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    Image of heywhat heywhat
    10/05/09

    @Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Apparently not. Or the point of you replies to my comments.
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    I recently heard about a new charity, Huru, which provides reusable sanitary products to girls in Kenya (manufactured locally) so they don't have to use unsafe alternatives.

    As menstruating girls often end up missing school, access to these products makes a huge difference and we dismiss this entire issue as trivial, at their expense.

    More info here: [www.ideablob.com]
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    Image of spikenard spikenard
    10/02/09

    @Plum-Pie: love love :)
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    Image of banana_grabber banana_grabber
    10/02/09

    @Plum-Pie: That's really awesome...thanks for sharing!
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    I guess I am just gonna go back and be chattel and wear a chastity belt and some freaking corsets cause I am giving this a BIG FAT NO!!!!!!
    "Quick! Where is my Laudnum and fainting couch??? "
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    Image of Ruby_de_la_Booby Ruby_de_la_Booby
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    I call the blood at the beginning and end of my period "A1 Steak Sauce," but I ain't gonna season red meat with it.
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    Lin-Z [linguist on duty] promoted this comment Ruby_de_la_Booby was starred Ruby_de_la_Booby was unstarred
    Image of Lin-Z [linguist on duty] Lin-Z [linguist on duty]
    10/02/09

    @Ruby_de_la_Booby: Thank you for this new, accurate descriptive term!
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    Image of Lady Skittlehattington Lady Skittlehattington
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    I love my Diva Cup. I really do. But I'm one of the tiny percentage who can't use it without overflowing it within five minutes. So for my contribution to destroying the environment, my apologies.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Well, I guess I'm not emancipated, then. But on the other hand, nosebleeds also make me queasy (made it really hard to watch Lost last season).
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    Image of Dallifornia Dallifornia
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bloody Hell: Menstrual Activists Make Periods Public
    Why so SERIOUS?
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    Image of RunawayPancake RunawayPancake
    10/02/09

    @Dallifornia:
    [www.gregology.net]
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    Image of Dallifornia Dallifornia
    10/02/09


    @RunawayPancake: I meant this:
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