Tumgik
#period talk
mrsrileywrites · 11 days
Text
Tumblr media
What about Papa Simon Riley struggling to talk about menstruation with his ten year old daughter?
Simon sat at the couch, a glass of bourbon on one hand while the other rested with his palm flat on his thigh, his brows slightly furrowed as he watches the soccer game on the TV. 
It was Friday night and you were on a girl's night out with your friends. 
Your daughter came to sit next to Simon and looked up at him with her big brown eyes, "Daddy? What's a period?" she chirped hugging Simon's arm.
Simon looked at her dumbfounded, what was he supposed to say? He knew what a period was, he just didn't know how to explain it to a ten year old. 
"Sweetheart aren't you supposed to be in bed?" he asked trying to change the subject. "It's Friday... Mom says I can stay up a little longer." She smiled and Simon cursed under his breath. "Yeah... It's Friday" he said scratching the back of his neck. 
"Daddy, you didn't answered my question" she insisted and Simon cursed again. 
He scrambled in his brain for an answer. "Periods, yeah... Um well... you know how girls bodies start to change when they reach a certain age, right?". The hand on his thigh scrunched and unscrunched his jeans mindlessly as your daughter's eyes, his eyes, looked at him expectantly. "And boys bodies change too... everyone's body change... but that's besides the point, so..." He stopped ready to give up. 
"Sweetheart, why don't you ask mom? She knows girlie stuff better than me". "But daddy... She'll be back once I'm asleep and I really, really want to know" she pouts.
"Can't you go on about your life without knowing baby?" he chuckled nervously pinching her cheek, she giggled swatting his hand away. "Mom can explain tomorrow, yeah?"
"Okaaay" she said sighing in defeat. 
When you came home you found Simon in bed, his back leaned against the headboard, brows pinched in concentration as he googled "how to explain periods, ten year old girl". 
You told your daughter all about periods the following morning as you guys eat breakfast. 
Simon paid close attention, you won't catch him lacking once your next daughter comes asking the same questions.
57 notes · View notes
Text
How To Be a Safe Person to Menstruate With
You can be private without expressing disgust. Just step away politely or be honest that you are embarrassed. Neither of these choices shames women.
The reverse is also true. Like I said, just because someone doesn’t want to talk doesn’t mean they’re lame and ashamed.
Compliment girls wearing on their self-expression like red jewelry or watering a Venus flytrap with their menstrual cups.
There are lots of sustainable products now but accessibility is not equal. Not everyone has the water resources to wash reusable products so don’t get preachy.
If you shit on someone else’s choice of birth control, by God I will come for you.
Vote to protect birth control
Do not tell someone they’re gross for using pads and cups that require washing.
If you have found a trustworthy gynecologist, spread the word
If a woman tells you she feels ill, in pain, or like something is wrong believe her
Do not tell her to lose weight or consider therapy. If you do, I will hit you with a fish.
Take hormonal diseases seriously
When someone tells you she has endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, cancer, or PCOS, do not come at her with medical expertise you suddenly think you have.
Offer to buy pads and tampons but make sure to ask what kind — some have allergens.
You can always get someone a glass of water.
If it’s a trans guy you’re talking with, validate his body without treating him like one of the girls. If you don’t know how, just ask.
Do not try to guess if someone is on their period. That’s rude.
I have an alpha period. If we hang out, you will sync to my period and we can all be unhappy together.
If you bleed monthly and are talking to a woman who doesn’t, you aren’t better than her. You define your period. She can define hers.
If someone is confused because she started her period and got a positive pregnancy test, take her to the hospital and defend her with your life. She is miscarrying and needs an ultrasound. If a doctor dismisses her as just having a difficult period, make ape noises and then threaten him with arson.
If after all this you are still angry, DM me his name and I will personally come for revenge. I am pregnant and very powerful.
For that matter, my husband will sort him out for you.
Take black women seriously. Respect that WOC face medical discrimination and gaslighting on the daily.
Advil is valid. Homeopathics are valid. Do not assail your friend with essential oils when she’s asked for a Midol.
If your friend shares some concerning symptoms with you, do not freak her out with an armchair diagnosis.
But you should definitely validate her pain and encourage her to get help. Or even help her get help. Throw her in the car and personally drive her to the doctor.
If your friend confides in you that she has an STI or you are able to guess that she has an STI, be nice to her because if you don’t I will find you and I will yeet you away into the night like Batman.
Educate yourself about periods. Learn the correct anatomical words.
And for God’s sake, you still have to wear a condom.
824 notes · View notes
cryptidanathema · 22 days
Text
People are seriously so fuckin weird about periods? Like yeah it's gross but people act like cis dudes will burst into flames if you so much as say the word "period" around them or they see a wrapped pad in the trash (and unfortunately a great many of them WILL in a more metaphorical sense. Get the fuck over yourselves please and thank you)
✨ THIS POST WAS MADE BY A NONBINARY PERSON ✨
80 notes · View notes
girljournal · 2 months
Note
heyyyy you have any tips for periods pain??? would be glad if u can share how to make ''periods productive'' [i barely can move and do anything and it sucks tbh]
moon cycle 🌙 🩸
here’s my advice on ⇢ how to ease period cramps
and as far as being productive i believe that resting is productive when you’re on your period. you don’t have to be on go every minute of every day. take this time to be gentle with your body and take it easy. i can’t do much on my period either so i just allow my body to rest, there’s nothing wrong with taking those x amount of days and just relaxing and sleeping, tending to what your body needs.
other things to do on your period that isn’t strenuous
read
watch comfort shows
eat comfort food
listen to music
get work done (online work or homework etc)
journal
meditate
sending love , xoxo
77 notes · View notes
tightjeansjavi · 2 months
Text
REAL TALK 😬
..is everyone on their period rn or is it just me??
Also, @corazondebeskar and I have hit peek friendship because I’m sending her selfies on the toilet while I have the absolute WORST period shits of my life
Nothing is TMI here, folks!
THE POOP WONT COME OUT AND I HATE EVERYTHING
Tumblr media
62 notes · View notes
jedipoodoo · 5 months
Note
Hi Liz!
I was wondering if you could do a F reader x Hunter where she gets her period and she’s moody and needs comforting. Currently in pain right now and need some fanfic to read.💕
The plot of this one came to me in a fistful haze last night and made me go to bed late as I desperately tried to write it all down before I forgot it
It's You (Sergeant Hunter x Fem!Reader)
Notes: Blood, periods, hormones, cuddles, hurt/comfort. General fluff, Hunter is trying so hard to be a good partner.
Tumblr media
"Just leave me alone!"
You screamed, slamming the bathroom door shut. You half expected Hunter to come running after you, knocking on the door begging for forgiveness, but there was silence in reply. Well, at least he was listening to you.
You sat on the toilet to change out your menstrual product, resisting the urge to gag at the smell. You could handle a little blood, but this was mixed with plenty of other stuff.
And it wasn't just your hoo-ha, the rest of you smelled gross too, from your pits to your breath to your hair. You wondered how Hunter could stand to be around you when you smelled the way you did.
Even after you'd changed, you sat on the vac-tube, waiting for what was ready to come out of you to come out, where you could be certain it wouldn't leak out all over your clothes and make you do yet another load of laundry. Your bum was starting to get sore and you were losing feeling in your toes when there was a knock at the door.
"Cyare? It's me."
You didn't bother to groan quietly, he'd just hear you anyway. You cleaned yourself up, washing your hands thoroughly to make sure to get all the blood and gunk off them.
"I know you don't want to talk or hug or do anything, and I don't know what I did wrong but I just want to say that I'm sorry and I hope you'll forgive me."
You sat on the floor with your back to the sink, watching the door. You wondered if he'd try to open it and get you to say something.
He took a deep breath.
"And before I leave you alone for the rest of the day- and I promise that I will! -I just have one last thing to give you."
You groaned even louder this time, "Hunter, I told you, I don't want a hug-"
A chocolate bar--your favorite kind--was slipped under the door. King-size. All for you.
Your mouth watered, and your stomach rumbled over your cramps
You snatched up the candy bar and ate with the ravenous hunger of a nexu. You could hear Hunter chuckling as he turned away from the refresher door, and guilt churned your stomach. You had been so mean to Hunter, and for what reason? He only wanted to help, even if his persistent nagging drove you over the edge constantly.
You threw open the door, catching Hunter by surprise. He was halfway down the hall, and you sprinted after him, chocolate smeared across your mouth.
"Woah!" You nearly took him off his feet as you tackled him, arms clinging to his waist.
"I thought you didn't want hugs," Hunter chuckled, so he clearly wasn't upset.
"I said I don't want a hug from you. That's entirely different from me giving you a hug." You insisted.
"Is it now?"
"Shut up!" You warned him, burying your face in his muscular back. Hunter obeyed, staying still so that you could take your fill of whatever you wanted from him.
"I'm sorry I've been such a brat." You mumbled after a few minutes.
"You're not a brat, you're just on your period."
"That doesn't mean I can just be rude to you," You said, more of a berating to yourself than an explanation to him.
"Hmm..." Hunter thought for a moment. "As Sergeant of Clone Force Ninety-Nine, I hereby grant all the women of Clone Force Ninety-Nine a monthly "Grouch Pass", where they are allowed to be a bitch during the week of their period."
"I'm the only woman on Clone Force Ninety-Nine!" You said, unable to control the laughter bubbling in your stomach.
Hunter just grinned at you, "Well, congratulations then!"
You came around to his front to hug him, guiding his arms around your shoulders so that he could finally give you a hug. His arms happily settled into place, and he rested his cheek against your hair.
"Hunter?" You said softly.
"Yeah, Cyare?"
You bit your lip, hesitating. "Does it bother you? How I smell when I'm on my period?"
"What do you mean?" He had to be joking. He had a stronger sense of smell than a wookie, and he was trying to convince you he didn't care about how much you smelled like a rotting corpse while you were on your period?
You took a step back from Hunter's embrace, running your fingertips across your oily forehead. "I mean, there's all the stuff like the blood and...everything down there, and I know my pits stink when I'm on my period, and everything gets greasy so fast."
Hunter took a long time to answer your clarification, which was never a good sign.
"I'll admit it's not the freshest scent, but, I mean...c'mon, it's you."
You stared back at him blankly, "what do you mean?"
Hunter shrugged, looking you up and down, "It...it's you. I love you. It really doesn't matter to me what you smell like.
It was so sweet and so awkward at the same time, but your face flushed with heat all the same, and you buried your face in your hands.
"How am I supposed to just...I don't-" you spluttered nervously, "You can't just say things like that!"
Hunter chuckled softly, and when you peered through your fingers he was wearing an osik-eating grin.
"I can, and I did."
"I'm gonna kill you."
"If you do, you'll never get the rest of those chocolate bars."
"Where are you hiding them, you monster?"
Hunter pinched your chin to make sure you looked up at him.
"I'll tell you if you say yes to a movie night," He whispered, running his thumb along your bottom lip.
The candy wrapper crumpled in your hand and you bit down on your lip. The kriffer knew exactly what he was doing to you.
"Does this movie night involve cuddling?" You asked as he leaned in, your foreheads dangerously close.
"Maybe," He chuckled.
You laughed softly. Encouraged, Hunter pulled you into another hug.
"Don't worry, you can talk and complain about bad directing choices and out of character choices all you want."
"You sure know how to make my night, don't you?" you teased. You placed a hand on the center of his chest for balance as you kissed his cheek, and Hunter covered your hand with his own.
"Hey," He chuckled, "It's you."
80 notes · View notes
sowhumpshaped · 29 days
Text
ok fine i'll make a period whump post on this blog as well... (<- is forced by literally nobody but mother nature)
horrific cramps. the standard. the usual. whumpee unable to move, only able to curl up and possibly rock themself back and forth
whumpee ideally needs to have pads or something to keep relatively clean. are they allowed those things? are they allowed more showers during this time? are they treated as a dirty disgusting thing?
are they allowed painkillers?
wild mood swings. have your usually compliant whumpee become snippy and mean and defiant. have your stoic whumpee cry
the hunger. the cravings. if whumpee is already starved, i can't imagine how bad it gets. do they get more food?
nausea. dizziness. headaches. vomiting. diarrhoea. all the stuff that can potentially come with the cramps
missed periods and the implications of that if noncon/dubcon is on the table
missed periods because of malnourishment
gender dysphoria because of the periods
36 notes · View notes
Cw: Periods (wasn’t sure if I should put a content warning or not, but just in case, I suppose)
For my selfshippers who have That Time Of The Month, or That Occassional Time Of The Month, your f/o? They keep pain medication and a hot water bottle on them, or anything else that might help, nearby, or on them. They’re very very patient and understanding, knowing that you might be in pain, or might be fatigued, and they’re more than willing to help you if you need. If your f/o also has periods, they understand the struggle, and are willing to offer advice for what helps them during their periods, if you want it.
*Proship dni*
23 notes · View notes
randomgirl005 · 2 months
Text
"You look beautiful"
...
"You're like cracking open a fresh book – unsure at the start, but eventually stumbling upon a whole new, insanely awesome world."
38 notes · View notes
leiawritesstories · 2 months
Text
we as a society don't adequately address how physically, emotionally, and mentally hard the menstrual cycle is on a woman's body and we really should be talking about this
41 notes · View notes
joelslegalwhre · 4 months
Text
tw: period talk
Okay idc if this is tmi rn, read at your own “risk”.
I’m on my period with some heavy cramps, just woke up and immediately started crying. Why? Because I not only bled through my new (and favourite) pj pants, I also bled through my bedding and onto my mattress topper.
And I was a little embarrassed about it at first, but really there’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It’s normal to bleed, and sometimes you just bleed through your pants, or even the bedding.
Don’t be embarrassed about things that are totally normal and natural💝
36 notes · View notes
ormymarius · 2 months
Text
Tumblr media
this is how period cramps feel. to me.
21 notes · View notes
Text
Anything you can do, I can do bleeding.
Resting while I am on my period does not make me less competent.
42 notes · View notes
unmellowyellowfellow · 2 months
Text
can we normalize not bullying girls for what they use on their period as a sanitary product bc what even is that
20 notes · View notes
girljournal · 2 months
Note
This is like really weird and you totally and have to answer or even ignore it if you want but I was just wondering why like 2 days after my period ends I feel really achy but like not body aches, something else but I don’t know what it could be and wanted to see if it happened to anyone else.
Again don’t have to answer this just wanted to ask<3
girl talk
it could be pre ovulation aches (google pre ovulation aches and see if that’s the symptoms you have) .. or do you mean achy like cold symptoms? because i get that sometimes during and around my period
our body’s are so unpredictable. sometimes i get aches or symptoms a week or two before my period! which is so annoying and inconvenient and then sometimes i’ll feel weird after my period too. #girlprobs foreal
but you can write me back if you want and tell me if it’s the pre ovulation or if it feels like you have a cold or something because i can relate lol
50 notes · View notes
void-bitten-ghost · 3 months
Text
The first time Mizu bled. Like. As a womb haver. Must have been so fucking scary for her.
The amount of stories there are with people thinking they're dying because there's blood swirling in the drain water. Personal and fictional.
I imagine she would be a late bloomer in that regard, malnourished and traumatised as she was. And with no female role model to teach her I doubt she'd know what a period is, let alone how painful or grotesque it can be for those who are really unfortunate. At least, that's my guess.
I'm just saying I'm physically hurt by this line of thinking and I guess sharing is caring sooo have at it
21 notes · View notes