#menstruators

Meanwhile, in France…

I noticed these ads in different locations while going to malls, basically asking for a period emoji!! Well, uhm… that’s interesting! x)☝🏻

THIS

So, uh, I might know someone who needs to hear this. Or they might not. Anyway, uh, whether they do or don’t, I doubt they’ll see this, and I’m anxious about telling them directly, but, anyway, just in case they need it and they do see it, and for everyone else out there that needs to hear this, here goes:

Your period does not make you less of a male/enby etc. You’ve got a waterfall of blood pouring from you for a week? That’s hecking metal dude. Blood is super edgy and scientifically fascinating. You’re craving things and hungry all the time? You are a force of nature that devours any and all in your path. You’re cranky and emotional? You are an ambiguous tempestuous entity of rage and sorrow, emotions which are universal to males, females, nonbinary, and intersex individuals.

Your period doesn’t make you a woman. It makes you a primordial god, risen from their/his slumber in a pool of his/their own blood, ready to unleash your terrible and glorious power upon the world. And for trans females? As a feral life scientist, I can tell you that the vast majority of female organisms don’t menstruate. Actually, I think only humans are capable of menstruation? I might be wrong, there might be others, but the point is, you are still a woman, And not every cis woman gets her period either! Women in menopause or taking certain medications or who had ovariohysterectomies don’t menstruate. Does that mean they’re not women? Of course not! Bodies and their functions are weird, gross, and fascinating, but they don’t have to define you