Girlly Stuff
Sep. 5th, 2007 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
locus_ofcontroMENSTRUATION
There, now that I have your attention I want to talk cycles, moods and sex!!
That's right ladies, I'm culling your experiences to try to normalize my own. Let's start with the horrendously subtle ways that society teaches that our menstrual cycles are wrong, or dirty (disposable, anyone?) And what about, those commercials with runny blue water representing our flow?? Does YOUR flow ever resemble that??
See, I got the diva cup in March/April and I LOVE IT!! I'm becoming so much more comfortable with handling my own blood, feeling it, sensing it, and returning it to the earth. There's a ripple effect happening...
I discovered last night, that I have anxiety attacks, between 12 and 24 hrs before I start to flow.... I couldn't figure out WHAT my issue was last night, and around 10am... I found out!!!
Then there's the date I have this week...I was so well-behaved on the weekend, I've been looking forward to a little release!!
So here's the questions ladies...
1. Were you ever raised to be comfortable with the colour, smell, texture of your own flow? Can you point to ANY healthy images of this in our modern western culture that DOESN T make it easy, pretty and invisible.
2. What is your # 1 MOOD sign that you are ready to start your cycle?
3. Do you indulge in sex when you are having your flow?
Please chime in, comments screened for now...tell me if you are comfortable sharing with all & sundry
There, now that I have your attention I want to talk cycles, moods and sex!!
That's right ladies, I'm culling your experiences to try to normalize my own. Let's start with the horrendously subtle ways that society teaches that our menstrual cycles are wrong, or dirty (disposable, anyone?) And what about, those commercials with runny blue water representing our flow?? Does YOUR flow ever resemble that??
See, I got the diva cup in March/April and I LOVE IT!! I'm becoming so much more comfortable with handling my own blood, feeling it, sensing it, and returning it to the earth. There's a ripple effect happening...
I discovered last night, that I have anxiety attacks, between 12 and 24 hrs before I start to flow.... I couldn't figure out WHAT my issue was last night, and around 10am... I found out!!!
Then there's the date I have this week...I was so well-behaved on the weekend, I've been looking forward to a little release!!
So here's the questions ladies...
1. Were you ever raised to be comfortable with the colour, smell, texture of your own flow? Can you point to ANY healthy images of this in our modern western culture that DOESN T make it easy, pretty and invisible.
2. What is your # 1 MOOD sign that you are ready to start your cycle?
3. Do you indulge in sex when you are having your flow?
Please chime in, comments screened for now...tell me if you are comfortable sharing with all & sundry
