The only time I looked forward to my period was before I had it. Blame Judy Blume. My mother would not let me use tampons for several years and I still don't know why, but JEEBUS pads are disgusting. Just the feeling of ... ugh... oozing out of me and resting damply against my nether regions makes me want to vom. If…
Kristine
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Well, they take on a life of their own when fully loaded.
WHAT?!!?!!!
So, if using tampons makes you "unfeminist," using the pill to actively suppress your period must be full-on misogyny, amirite?
Anybody ever pull out a tampon and have it swing against the forward wall, leaving a stream of blood and chunks that you have to clean up? Now that's when "you really have to look at and interact with your fluid."
I've always thought that tampons and diva cups were fairly feminist. No longer did you have to let your menstrual cycle dictate your life. You want to go swimming during your time of the month, then pop in a tampon and you're fine. You need to go to dance class, then you can pop in a tampon and not have to feel…
"Magickal Ladye Moone Tyme"
On the one hand, I like tampons because it means I don't have blood all in my giant 70s bush (because I'm a feminist, I don't wax*), and I don't have to worry about being smelly or ruining my underwear or overwear (mostly). Yes, I don't want to be sullied by my womanly flow. So maybe I'm a bad feminist, in spite of my…
RIGHT. Like I said in a post somewhere around here - urine is a bodily fluid as well. Do we want everyone to run around reveling in that? How about feces? They're a bodily excretion.
I think if you have a septic tank that it's bad to flush them down, but if you're hooked up to a different plumbing system, it's okay to flush. Probably not great in the long run for either one.
Why?! In the name of Chtulhu the Elder, why would I need to examine my body's waste disposal? I am not hiding the fact that I am menstruating, I am keeping myself clean. Tampons are wonderful for keeping me (and making me feel) clean. Honestly, the feeling of cleanliness almost makes me cry. Blood is not a fun thing…
Do most people really flush all tampons directly into the toilet? I thought that they gunked up the plumbing? Or have I just spent much of my life living in places with sub-par facilities?
Keeper... isn't that a Quidditch position?
Couldn't you say that about anything with bodily fluids though? I mean toilet paper commercials basically say the same thing, they have multiple layers so you don't touch your poop or pee. Same thing with catheter commercials.
I totally agree. I said the same on the article about the punk artist bleeding all over the audience or whatever. I remember seeing some experimental art piece on a feminist site where the women rubbed menstrual blood on their lips and the blogger was getting offended that people didn't like it. It's a bodily fluid…
tampons suck for me PERSONALLY. they seem to worsen my cramping, but i will run for them if i go swimming or i have to wear white (never, except ON MY WEDDING DAY, THAT WAS A FUN STAIN) i literally could not care less what other women do while menstruating. collect it and paint a picture with it. wear a tampon. wear a…
Oh for fuck's sake. Not everyone wants to be all "I AM WOMAN, WATCH ME BLEED" all over the place. I am perfectly fine with dealing with my menstrual blood but by God, I don't want to see anyone else's. Tampons are, in the grand scheme of things, an amazing invention. I don't use them myself (I am a torch-bearing…
I will never call them tampons again. Only vaginally absorbed power pills. Thank you, Erin.
Pressuring people to feel comfortable with their natural body is not too far off from pressuring them not to feel comfortable.