Lizzie

Blood comes out of your vagina for anywhere from 3-7 days

That blood you lose can be around 4 tablespoons to a cup

a cup of blood, vaginal mucus, and endometrial tissue

You get cramps that will make you cry. You can vomit and/or pass out from them

You will get horrible mood swings

You get headaches

Backaches

Your breasts hurt so bad sometimes you can’t even touch them

You get acne everywhere

Your actual vagina could be sore

Your feel constantly tired

You have a constant fear of soaking through your pad/tampon

You can’t lay a certain way in bed

You take pill after pill and it still doesn’t help

You bloat and gain weight

You might have anemia (iron deficiency) which can not clot your blood causing so much blood loss it’ll be deadly

You never feel full

Everything irritates you

You will cry a lot

Once you get up in the morning, your center of gravity has shifted and all the blood settling in you during the night will now rush out of you causing you to clench your legs tightly to avoid leaking

You get made fun of for having a period ?////?/?/

You’re forced to go to school/work

You get told that you’re overreacting

The selfie is truly the dominant photostyle of the age, revealing our vanity, narcissism and attempts to project our face to the world, an eternal, anxious one-upmanship saying, “am I beautiful?” or “my life is more interesting than yours”.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Gisele Bündchen x Daft Punk for WSJ Magazine November 2013 by Terry Richardson

Photographer: Terry Richardson Styling: George Cortina Hair: Duffy Make Up: Frank B. Nails: Karen Gutierrez