periods

I’m not mourning the loss of fertility. I’m mostly just waiting to see what happens next, like some sort of hormonal roulette. I’m writing this for you, so that when your period decides to take an extended vacation, you may understand that this is another step between contortionist tampon insertion and Depends.

At a time when presidential candidates are on tape saying hideous things about grabbing women by their genitals, it’s easy to look at the male of t

If you could get your period to last only 20 minutes, would you?

It had never occurred to me to visit [a Planned Parenthood].... And yet, in a culture where the rights and healthcare needs of people assigned female at birth are constantly under attack, it’s easy, even for someone like me, to have warped ideas about exactly what one will experience.

When I tell people that I keep a box of tampons on my desk at work, they are either surprised or they want to know why. As if keeping a box of tampons on my desk is any different than the box of Scooby-Doo Band-Aids or the bulk candy I keep on there as well.

With the goal of period-ing like a goddamn champ, I decided to try the Diva Cup, and report back to you its various benefits. So. You’re welcome.

Please stop referring to me as being “alone” when I am clearly walking in a group, simply because I am not attached to a man.