Poop and Periods

If that PP that I spilled up in the title box makes you uncomfortable, well then too bad, I'm not cleaning it up. Not until we talk about it. Personally, I have no problem talking about the movements of my body. Maybe it comes from having a nurse as a mother, but it just doesn't gross me out or embarrass me. The thing is, the entire human population poops every day. Half of the entire human population has periods every month. Why does society tell us that we should be embarrassed or grossed out by something that happens to everybody? It's not like we are the only people clenching our butts and plugging our flow. Happens to the best of us. One Direction, the President, even someone as fabulous as Audrey Hepburn poops. It's kinda funny if you think about it. Imagine another daily activity that we have to do, like eating, and being embarrassed about it. Trying to hide that we are chewing a peanut butter and jelly. Maybe we would even refuse to eat anywhere else besides our house. How weird and pointless would that be?!

I understand that although I'm all about challenging social norms, I'm not about to talk about my cycle and bowel movements with my boss or the Queen of England. But I do think we should be able to talk about it with our peers, or at least acknowledge that it happens. I'm tired of having to clench my butt if I have to fart during class, and then pretending like it wasn't me if I failed to suppress it. I'm especially tired of having to discover new covert ways to cover up the obvious fact that I'm going to the bathroom to change my tampon. We all know that when I take my whole backpack to the bathroom that's what I'm doing. It's especially inconvenient when I don't have a tampon, and need to sneak around and ask people under my breath.

So I'm going to try to be open about my bodily functions and not be embarrassed any longer. Yes, I did just fart. No, I was not "sick" on Monday, I wanted to let my uterine lining shed in peace. It was a great 28 days I had with it, so what if I cry a little and need a day off? The next time I'm at school and need to leave class to change my tampon, I am not going to bring my entire backpack, because ain't nobody got time for that. I am going to take out my tampon, slip it behind my ear, and go.

C'mon ladies, own it. We can start a movement.

~Kat

P.S. Guys should get comfortable with this stuff too. They will have to live with us the rest of their life, might as well begin to understand it now. And ladies, ultimate way to test if your guy friend is true: talk about your period. If they can float with the conversation and be cool, they're a keeper. Alex, you pass.