More matter, with more art. ❀

For me, I know my hormones get all wacky and I feel down usually two weeks before my period. And I usually feel more relieved and calm when I get my period.

There’s the stereotype that you get emotional on your period, which is true for some, but not all. Try to pay more attention if you aren’t sure where you fall. Knowing that if I’m feeling down out of nowhere, that there is an explanation is super comforting.

Also, some people don’t experience any mood changes during their period, which is normal too! It’s just very important to be mindful of that.

Impalas on a salt flat in the Kalahari Desert, Namibia

I hate when people- including asexuals- say "sex ed shouldn't be required". I've seen it so much.

Sexual education isn't perfect. It focuses on primarily or entirely male-female intercourse. Obviously it's flawed.

But everyone should go through it at some point.

There are so many issues with the "asexuals don't need sex ed" sentiment.

I'll go through a few of them here.

Acespec erasure. Asexual does not mean "I will never have sex or have to do anything with my genitals". It means a lack of sexual attraction. The sentiment erases all sex-favourable, sex-neutral, etc asexuals. I am a sex-favourable asexual.

Sex ed does not mean "how to have sex 101". It is to do with sexual intercourse, bodies, illnesses, etc. Whether you want to have sex or not, you need to know how to take care of your genitals. Bodily care is part of sex ed.

Anything can happen. I repeat, anything can happen. If an asexual is raped, sexually assaulted, has sex at all, changes their mind and decides they're not asexual later in life, you need to know how to deal with that. I do not want to invalidate asexual teenagers. I trust them with their identities. However. There is no guarantee that all asexual teens will turn into asexual adults. Hormones are strange and can easily affect that stuff. And there's no way to know if your identity will always be what it is. I've seen asexual teens be allo adults, and allosexual teens be ace adults.

Sitzplatz ergattert, sogar mit Steckdose, kann arbeiten :-) Schaffnerin sehr sweet und nett.

In other news: I'm sorry, but I love my professor.