conversational fragments

“we had the same attitude towards my menstrual blood. it was one of my favorite things about him.” 

“read whatever you want and follow the footnotes.” 

“did you ever read malfeasance?” “oh, yes, where we use our garbage to express propriety! i always thought that was what he was doing. using the piles to claim ownership.” “it’s like he moved from one tower to another.” 

“i loved exams. you are all good at class, and i am not good at class.” 

“but you like him.” “all of her friends hate him. we hate him.” “but the look in her eye.”

“i think they are just depressed in a deep way that we can’t understand.” 

“‘buffoon’ is truly the right word.”

“so this woman hated me and she was standing there talking to the person next to me, not even acknowledging me, and i have no idea what came over me, i just reached out and hugged her and was like ‘hiiiiiiiii.’ i made her hug me.” “i’m not worried about you. you’re not someone who allows themselves to be compromised.” 

“welcome to the longue duree of dissertation composition.” 

“i think being too drunk to do the ritual is maybe part of a more significant life action. definitely a good sign about the future.”

“it feels weird to be in bed and be able to do just….anything i want. which is probably the same thing i was doing before, anyway.” 

“my therapist once told me that something i did was sadistic so i decided to turn it into ‘my therapist called me a sadist’ because it’s funnier and maybe i am.” 

“i think our professors understand that our slutty clothes are an elaborate joke and even an act of cruelty.” 

“with [redacted] and [redacted] both i believed that i was the girl who was bigger and better than all of it and could get away. and both times i barely did…i think i’m just saying be careful, which you already know.” 

“he’s such a coward. it’s like calling the cops during a bar fight. take the punch.” 

i have my period, which means rage feelings for 24-48 hours. take that, linkedin. i always hated you and the random publicists and the shitty ex of my nice ex’s sister (no!) who tried to “connect” with me and those stupid update emails i deleted without looking at every sunday night. i’m going to go take a walk because otherwise i might indulge my hatred of facebook and deactivate that, too. 

this is the best thing on the internet right now

katydidnot:

can’t decide if it would be ~feminist oversharing~ or just plain oversharing to post pictures of my canker sores. (considering it ~feminist oversharing~ maybe because i associate them with my menstrual cycle and this month i am all about tmi re: menstruation) i have two right now right on top of each other and i took a picture and i think it’s real cool but also it’s like my mouth sores? pretty sure this is inappropriate internet behavior. i will show you them if you want to see them. do you want to see them?

ps. yes 

ps. to hell with it

"what are the poetics of menstrual blogging?"

baby-sitters girl gang: Performative wholesomeness: I WANNA BE A MENSTRUAL BLOGGER*

i literally have no idea how i existed in the world before reading things like this on tumblr or why i would even want to. 

(Source: kristen-stone)

(miss-zeezee)

this is the cover i had! only mine was in shades of purple. i have been waiting for someone to post this.

a professor once told me that no matter what are you there god? says, she had never actually known any girl who couldn’t wait to get her period. i was like, “i could not wait to get my period. i checked constantly, every day, for over a year.” she looked totally shocked, and i felt self-satisfied, since it’s nearly impossible to shock my professors, unless you tell them you are a republican or aren’t into justin bond or something. 

"it’s basically offensive. it makes me hate social networking! i’ll just go back to reading about periods on tumblr, where i belong."

mm, after i pointed out a particularly egregious and braggy facebook status update. i feel the same way. 

theres so much menstruation art on my tumblr that i have sometimes thought i should just give it its own. laneia actually did it. but with a column called “where ive bled”; updates on the current, extremely problematic ob tampons shortage; and general menstrual CR—in addition to my favorite judy chicago—she did it better. 

periodtumblr:

Menstruation Bathroom

Judy Chicago, 1972

Chicago described her room as “very very white and clean and deodorized — deodorized except for the blood, the only thing that cannot be covered up. However we feel about our own menstruation is how we feel about seeing its image in front of us.”

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“All I can give you is art.” — Sarah P*lmer, submitter of this image

I would like to talk about periods. Almost all day, and everyday. Weird shit happens during that +/- week.

autostraddle:

HERE CHOOSE A NAME FOR THE PERIOD TUMBLR
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HTNT83B

Ask Laneia anything

FEMINIST COLLECTIVITY + MENSTRUAL DISCUSSIONS. 

my love of tumblr is at an all-time high right now, which is really saying something.