My shocking discovery in a Main Street, U.S.A. bathroom launched me into a lifetime of looking back at my shortened childhood.
disney
poems
It's a feminist poem about my period.
first period
Do you remember Kotex Personals Protective Panties? If you don't, that's okay, because I'm pretty sure that my mom was the only person who bought them.
deep embarrassment
My 14-year-old self would totally kill me right now.
vaginas
It's okay. I wasn't planning on getting a date again ever in my life anyway!
periods
I have menstruating on the brain, friends!
Julieanne in
New Agey,
periods,
menstruation,
tampons,
diva cup,
julieanne smolinski is a lunatic,
blood,
bodies,
health
Jan 11, 2013 at 10:00am | 295 comments
menstruation
Corrigan’s column appears to have been an attempt at satire, but the fact that he’s an incredibly shitty writer means it fell far short of the intended goal. Instead it just reads like a string of misogynist jokes glued together with flapping noises from his butt cheeks.
halloween
In celebration of my seven-year period anniversary, my dad’s birthday (hi, dad!) and all things strange and Halloween-y, I’ve prepared the perfect creepy, crawly playlist. Join me as I recount MY LAST MENSES STORY, I PROMISE.
periods
I downloaded the app under the guise that it would inform me about the workings of my body and I'd know even more about myself. Instead, I'm even more disconnected.
skin
Skin problems, period-induced meltdowns and the magical drugstore buys that just might help take the edge off.
shoppables
Yes, I am hugging a uterus.
periods
Comments are like cake-- absolutely necessary and oh-so nutritious.
periods
Is it Shark Week where you are? Have you fallen to the Communists? Are there other clever period euphemisms I'm forgetting? Let's discuss what gets us through this magical time, shall we?
preganancy
Every now and then something surges inside me and I think, that’s a feeling. But then it goes away.
Michelle Tea in
Family Drama,
preganancy,
fertility,
periods,
gynecologist,
peeing,
transvaginal ultrasound,
getting pregnant with michelle tea
Aug 21, 2012 at 3:00pm | 60 comments
attracting sharks
Because who among us will paddle board off Seal Island to see?
dorky experiments i did as a kid
What, you've never dropped a tampon into a glass of water just to see what would happen?
anxiety
You can't win a fight against your own body, friends.
gynecologist
This past week has brought my lack of knowledge (and my embarrassment level for said lack of knowledge) for the inner workings of your parts down there to light.
insemination
My period comes and now it’s a tragic thing, when it comes people say "I’m sorry" -- which on the one hand feels like a bit of justice. But now of course my period signifies dashed hopes.
endometriosis
I didn’t go to medical school, so all I have to go in is instinct, history and the scary Internet. Why am I the one steering this ship?
i'll try anything once
The Mooncup is a silicone cup that you insert into your hoo-ha whilst menstruating and instead of pulling it out and tossing it away when you're done, you actually empty the cup and reinsert it.
gender police
A New Zealand tampon manufacturer unwittingly makes the case that menstruation is essential to womanhood. I disagree.
