here's something I think could help with opening a pad in public: open it at home, put in a Ziploc bag or something. then use it when needed. no noise, no fear. you're welcome. 😎(idk)
I was never good at subtlety and had a "teacher" moment myself when I went to the bathroom to change my pad before class and the teacher refused to give me permission to go. I went anyways. Came back and he tried to humiliate me in front of the whole class by asking why I ignored him and was so disrespectful. So I said very loudly and made sure I had everyones attention, "You mean when I went to the bathroom to prevent the blood from overflowing into my underwear and clothes? I'm sorry, your right I should ask you for permission to do basic self care because your delusional sense of authority is offended by the untimely disobedience of my period." He stuttered and and everyone stared and he tried to say, "Well, why didn't you tell me it was because of that?" I was like "I didn't realize you needed an update on my bodily functions, next time I'll be sure to include how heavy my flow is and the consistency of the bloody as it comes out too." Needless to say the man was speechless but I was still given detention. I get more mouthy when menstruating, and I was very apathetic as a teenager.
My best friend once told me off - legitimately TOLD ME OFF - for taking my bag to the toilet. She chastised me for making it obvious. Like it would be the worst thing in the world for the three other girls in the room who go through exactly the same thing every month to know that I was going through it today. She felt that shame on my behalf and sat on it all the time I was out of the room, waiting on my return so she could blurt it out in a panic, intending to make me feel somehow in the wrong for discreetly getting on with my business not discreetly enough. I told her it would be more obvious if I took my pad out in front of them and waved it around on my way out.
brit gordon power to you! At my school all my friends and I joke about our period. One of us is feeling particularly uncomfortable and we'll ask her if she needs any chocolate or if she needs a pad. We're all in on it, and it's really nice. The boys of coarse are horrified.
cold one with the boys i relate to that im v open abt menstruation and like it doesn't bother my friends but like i can't say much to my family (also i love your icon it's v aesthetic and you seem like a cool dude i would wanna be friends with tbh)
I was in one of my classes and I asked to go to the bathroom and of course I took my bag with me. mind you its a small cross body bag that I always wear during my period and never take off at school so if I have to go to the bathroom I don't take it off my chair and then put it on. anyway so I stand up and start to walk out when a boy in my class loudly whisper-yells that I don't need to take my bag to the bathroom. I'm probably just going to be talking with one of my friends. then as I got very red in embarrassment a boy in my class who I have a crush on stood up told the guys off saying I can do whatever I want and pointed to the hanging thing where are phone have to be for class. and pointed out that my phone was there.
"blood is gross, let's not talk about this." *is messing around with boyfriend on period when he notices my tampon strong* *he immediately backs up* "Ew, it's a tampon." i told him i just wanted to cuddle because apparently i am viewed as disgusting for being a woman, and that's not right. I cried. It's not my fault I have to deal with guys saying shit like, "oh, she must be on her period" when I'm mad. Maybe if men understood what it feels like to be ashamed of bleeding out of their genitals, they'd get it.
pookyy really nah you're just salty!!! Wth what wrong with you. She have a right to be upset her boyfriend hurt her in a way that all people who have a period understand.
To tell you the truth the only reason i hide being on my period is because i don't want people to think that its affecting my decisions or moods. like what they do isn't offensive just because im on my period. but the last line of this poem got me. it LANDED!
When I was at camp the entire time the boys would be talking about how big their junk is and what they can do with it, one night when I was in my tent with my girls I asked my friend "do you have your period stuff?" and the boys in the tent beside us freaked...out. Excuse me?? Grow the hell up! This powerful woman just said everything I was thinking in that moment
If you're so mentally feeble you can't handle a woman saying she's on her period, you're bringing us down as a population. It's not that bad. The word, that is. The cycle, however, I hear is hell. Half the time I feel I should apologize for my weaker male counterparts for their insensitivity.
Michael Mauney your words can make any girl swoon. Seriously, there's power in the words "have no shame" it even makes me blush. You're amazing, thank you.
Michael Mauney and it is hell, most definitely. When I first got cramps I thought it was food poisoning and I asked my mom about it and she told me it was _supposed_ to feel like you've been repeatedly kicked in the stomach.
Michael Mauney, we need more guys like you. I can't believe something that happens to 50% of our population has so much stigma around it. And I'm tired of feeling embarrassed when I'm doubled over in pain from cramps that make me wanna throw up but I have to go about my day as if nothing is wrong.
Don't loop in "mentally feeble" as a negative descriptor, people who ARE "mentally feeble" don't all hate periods. Can't believe I have to say that shit. Just call them what they are, insensitive.
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I honestly don't care I'll tell anyone and everyone that I'm on my period and need a tampon or whatever. I don't get why some people be getting so grossed out and disgusted by it. It's a normal body function that women cant control. And without it us women wouldn't be able to reproduce so you boys better be thankful for periods
Naomi Burachek Im not grossed out by it, im just not comfortable telling people. I want to be comfortable, but I can't help that I'm not but I respect how you feel
I used to be very uncomfortable talking about it out loud and even talking about it with my friends. It IS dumb because women ( and trans guys) can't help it, it's natural. But I've always been taught it was something boys and men didn't want to hear about because "it's private" or "it's gross". But mostly, I've always kept quiet because of the consequences which are " oh she's on her period that's why she's reacting like that" during a class discussion, do you know how many times I heard that? As if discussing and standing up for people is just a hormonal reaction? But now I've learned not to give a shit. Because HELLO THIS IS MY BODY. My female classmates' openness about the topic really helped.
I shouted at a boy in my school when him and his friends were pushing eachother and he hit me. He responded with “are you in your period?”, I wasn’t btw, so I just said “do you know my menstrual cycle? As if me being upset about being disrespected has to have something to do with my period 👌.
My brothers used to do this when I was younger so now whenever they complain about anything I will always retaliate with, “what are you on your period?”And they always hate it. I also always say it with a strait face.
I don't know why but I've always been comfortable and not shy about taking a tampon out in a public place and never felt ashamed when I had to ask a friend to borrow a tampon.
Light Imagay well duh of course we give them back! We didn't buy them so it's polite to give it to the person who gave it to us so they can use it too..😃
I love this so much and even before watching this video, my close friends and I, to which a few are boys, I tell them when I’m on my period. Straight. Up. Yes, they were uncomfortable for the first few times and yes, they asked me not to tell them because it is 'disgusting' and so I told them, "Dude, you want to have a girlfriend right? Well your girlfriend is going to go through this, your Mum? She'll go through it too, have a sister? She’s going to go through it as well. It is natural, and you will have to learn to get used to it, so when I tell you I’m on my period, I want you to understand that this is a stressful time for me and I ask you excuse me if I get too whiny, or if I’m in pain and need to leave. Do not feel disgusted by my natural cycle because if you do, then you are saying you are disgusted by every female that will ever grow up," Don’t hate Mother Nature for her work
One of my guy friends once told me, when I was talking to a friend about periods next to him, that he never knew how hard it was until someone described the actual process.
One time I was in class and got my period, so I got permission to leave and go to the bathroom, but as I picked up my bag the teacher (who literally let me go) asks why I'm taking it and I say because and he says because what and I say it's not my fault the lining of my uterus is disintegrating and I could stand here for 20 minutes explaining menstruation to you but I kinda have more important places to be rn Deadass the best comeback I have ever given... the teacher was a substitute so it was alright and I never got in trouble lol
I first found this poem a bit over a year ago now, and ever since I listened to it, I never whispered for a pad again. I walked straight into the classroom where my favorite teacher was, during a class period that wasn't mine, filled with a majority of people I didn't know but some I did, and straight up asked if she had a pad. I wasn't quiet, I didn't hide it. I almost shouted over the room. She didn't have one, but this random girl I had never seen before in my life said she had a tampon I could use. I thanked her, went to the bathroom, and came back shouting that "Satan's waterfall wasn't going to be ruining this pair of underwear!"
I love her fingers. I know that sounds odd but I have really wonky fingers and I'm self conscious about them so it's the first thing I notice about a person
I remember one time when I was like 11/12 I heard the boys in my class planning to look my girl friends bags and tried to find if they had pads so they could make fun of them, I remember I felt so relieved that that day I had forgotten packing my pads but now that I remember it it was just so horrible
Honestly, having friends that are mostly guys makes me a lot more laidback talking about this stuff. I forgot it sometimes makes people uncomfortable once and I literally said to my friend[there was someone new eating with us at lunch] “I have to go take care of girl stuff, I’ll be right back.” And he was all “okay, we’ll wait” and the new person gave me a look of half horror and half confusion as my friend reached in my bag and handed me my pad. Honestly, no regrets. My friends know that I’m a girl, and that means I bleed out of my vagina once a month. Some of them I respect that talking about it makes them uncomfortable but those it doesn’t, I’m pretty open about it.
Why do we ask “can I borrow a tampon” or “can I borrow a pad” Borrowing something is using something for a little while then returning it. I do not want that pad or tampon back after it’s covered in your blood! It’s like thanks sally for returning it now I’m gonna use it when I’m on my period! Next time let’s say yo can I just take a pad or tampon from you? I just found it really funny how we ask to borrow it when we never return it😂
Mint cip because one day you’ll probably return the favor and “return” the used item, kinda like how you call a loan “borrowing money” you aren’t getting the same money back but yannow, you’re still getting money returned
i love this one so much. literally the third time im watching this. here from pakistan where there is so much shame about periods and menstruation because it literally means you're a woman i.e. viable to marriage
Xena P. The same goes for guys too hitting puberty ie they’re the age to marry why not say we as a society made it a big deal? Too much backwardness isn’t in the whole country or religion ( as you never said it)but the mindset of people. So why not put it nicely?
I've gotten to the point of my female life that in my sophomore year I stopped giving a shit and will say when i am on my period and will straight up tear apart that pad in the restroom.and not give a shit 😂
I was in art class, already out as a trans guy, and I realized I got my period. The room was full of 15 girls and one cis boy. I asked a few girls quietly if they had a pad, and each of them said “oh go ask Cole”. Ironically, no girl in the class had anything on her, but he kept pads and tampons in his lockers and his pockets because he knew people forget and he wanted people to know it was okay and just something that happens, nothing to be ashamed of
I was talking about cramps and my guy friend chimes in with “ew can we not talk about this” he was the only guy there during this convo so he really should’ve stayed quiet because we went off on him he no longer tells us to shut up about periods
That is why I love my school because this never happens in my school. We will yell in a full classroom anyone got a pad or tampon if it is safe to do so.
I was lucky because my Mom taught me never to be ashamed of my period. It’s uncomfortable and can be gross, but it’s natural. When my periods started, i looked up everything about it. What’s these weird clots? Is it normal to be heavy? Light? What if it’s brown? Everything. So I was that student who always had extra pads, tampons, chocolate, and Midol/Pamprin in their locker incase other students needed it. If you were too embarrassed to ask your mom/sister/nurse, you could always ask me. This happened a lot when I was a senior in my JROTC classes bc the freshmen girls where scared of how their periods would effect them in drills and such. While I never minded being the “mom/pad” friend, it was always struck me how ashamed other girls were about their periods. They always asked me how I could be open about my periods. How could I be so straight forward when it came to asking teachers to go to the bathroom to change my pad. How could I not be embarrassed? I always asked them, “When did being a human become something to be embarrassed about?”
Honestly I feel like it's an American thing because I live in Germany and I can ask casually and get asked casually for tampons atleast from girl's. A lot of boys still feel really uncomfortable with the topic but atleast 80% of women are totally fine with it. Like asking another girl at the club and getting an empathetic smile while she hands you a tampon that's pretty much normal here. Unless you have extremely immature friend's atleast. And I even now a couple of guys who are fine with talking about period. Might not be their favorite topic but they don't start to freak if they even hear the word like it's voldemort 😂
Same as the Americans but it isn't as bad in Scotland. Guys are kinda like "I know it's natural and I shouldn't go eww but eww" the girls are totally fine with it tho. Me and my female best friend like to talk about them in front of one of our more "sensitive" male friends because he freaks the hell out and it's funny as shit
@Kale Ling sounds like you had a really nice experience with this, unfortunately most of us were raised with a lot less positivity towards the topic, and have their own unique experiences because of that. This isn't just a couple guys not enjoying talking about periods, this is most girls being raised to never talk about their period or let on to anyone that you had it. I'm off the opinion that people have a right to complain about that
Odium wish I could say the same from here in England. None of my friends like talking about it I feel like I can’t ask anyone for anything and don’t even try and get a guy to talk about it just don’t. 😔I really wish it was different it makes an already difficult time even more difficult 😣
I'm going through my period and my mom always scolds me for throwing my used pads in the (bathroom) trash can cuz my father and brother can see it. and I'm like umm???
i know and my step dad is like "its soo groooss!!" like um excuse me i cant control my body you tell my cycle to stop what its doing because i cant!!! i dont know whats even more disgusting throwing your pads were everyone can see them in the kitchen or in the bathroom were everybody does their business privately. Its like were else am i suppose to throw away my pads?!?! if you know a period is a bodily function you cant control then dont shame me for throwing away pads in the only located area where i can put em thats not publicly displayed!!
@@TiffanyRay Don't flush the toliet then. Don't expect others to do so either, because diarrhea is natural and so is shit and nobody cares if it smells bad or is disgusting.
SugarieDreams this makes no sense? Like, where do you want us to put pads then? There is a garbage can for a reason, to throw your trash in. If you don't wanna see the blood covered thing (which, btw, I always wrap in the little plastic thing the pad comes in) then don't look in the damn trash, that simple XD
When I'm on my period It's become a habit to call my period a red Camaro so I talk about it anywhere with my family. So, when I get it I tell my brothers "I'm on red Camaro so I apologize in advance for my moodiness. Just don't mess with me." 😂🤣
In a world like this i think girls should stick together and not bring each other down coz when a guy makes fun of us like 'damn you mad ur on ur period or something' thats not cool to make fun of us so i think we should stick together
Everyone makes fun of me because I carry period products (I'm a male.), but that is only due to the fact that I am transgender and get periods as well. All the girls tend to shut up about it once they need a pad and I just happen to have one in my backpack.
This was hilarious, besides the strong language, but I couldn't relate because whenever I'm on my period I don't hide the fact that I do have it because everyone knows already that women have to go through this so when I open that pad I own that marching band of crinkles 😂
When I’m on my period I just say out loud that I’m on my period I need the restroom my teacher doesn’t care but the boys in my class are disturbed I think they need to grow up
I absolutely love when poets stumble for a sec and hop back on like that. I always wanted to do slam poetry but i am way too nervous that I would be able to and seeing ppl hit a lil bump and be okay I'd like instant Xanax to my brain 😂
Lol just sharing, here in PH (some) we just casually ask for pads from friends without lowering our voice. I sometimes ask my boy classmates to buy me some because I don’t have extra in my bag. We’re not awkward at all. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.
At school if i ran out of pads and asked for one (in my normal vocie) to a friend in the bathroom like 5 girls would stare at me with their mouth open and say "the boys can HEAR you!" Every time i go IDGAF BOUT DAT
Watching a male teacher's face when the realization hits him gets me every time. I'm like a shameless tomboy and my teacher asked why I needed a pencil case and I was just so done that day that I unzipped it, waved a pad at him, and said "Hmm, wHatEvEr cOuLd iT be fOR?"
Why are people so scared to mention their period? Like I'm so open about it. Its just a normal thing, I talk about it like anything else. Me and my friend were talking about it today, while my boyfriend was sitting across the table, just listening to us, completely fine with the fact we were talking about bleeding out of our vaginas. Idk why guys are so uncomfortable about it.
My friend ( who is a male):why are you so crabby today?” Me: “oh...my aunt Flow is in town and she’s just...really annoying me lately” Friend: “oh okay!” Me and my bestfriend DEAD ASS had a whole conversation about our periods in front of our guy friend without him knowing all bc we said aunt flow 😂 We even got him to believe that me and my bestfriend would be related soon bc we made up a story about how my Aunt Flow was marrying her uncle and then “Aunt Flow” would be joining her family soon 😂💕💀.... ..... He still doesn’t know.
I think she said "no, dead-- deadass" (like a stutter). deadass means seriously or literally. Like instead of "she seriously said that to me" you could say "she deadass said that to me". Its usually used with a negative connotation (so the "she" in the above example would have likely said something rude to the speaker)
I've stopped giving a damn when I have to ask for a pad or a tampon, stopped caring when people see me holding a tampon in my hand, stopped giving a single shit about the stigma around my period. It's such a normal thing for so many people, and I love poetry like this that gives a voice to how so many of us feel or once felt.
In my grade, me and this girl started this thing due to the boys being SO inappropriate about periods(not that all boys are). It's basicly this: "I'm on my life" = "Im on my period." "Bread" = "Pad" "String cheese." = "Tampon" And now kids in a grade below us are even using it, because we're to afraid to get laughed at by boys.
'there's a marching band in every crinkle' Most accurate description.
cheristina rs yo
exactly
here's something I think could help with opening a pad in public: open it at home, put in a Ziploc bag or something. then use it when needed. no noise, no fear. you're welcome. 😎(idk)
Everyone in that bathroom goes through the same thing you do. Don’t be ashamed or embarrassed
So true it's unreal
i appreciate the use of the word "deadass" in a slam poem
Samantha Adams same
And all that type shit”
Same
@@iheartjazminandsalvia6145 lol
Ace Adams i made it 2k and you deserve it cause this is funny
The hair, the tattoos, the strength with which this woman speaks... incredible.
Ultra Violet i think it's shaved ........
Ya'll 😂 good gracious. I'm saying the speaker's entire aura is incredible, and her shaved head only adds to the power she portrays.
Ultra Violet I didn't say that but someone said it was slicked back and I'm just saying it's shaved
Also Swiming costume
@Tired Siren ik im replying like one whole year later but like how tf do u see her hair as "slicked back" -
one time i was opening an pad and the girl in the stall next to me said “you too?” we are now best friends
Emma Duh 😂love that
This makes me so happy!! 😊❤💕
looool
Wow glad that worked out for one person
Emma Duh it’s the best when u in the stall next to somebody and u both reach for those mini trash cans at the same time😂😂
I was never good at subtlety and had a "teacher" moment myself when I went to the bathroom to change my pad before class and the teacher refused to give me permission to go. I went anyways. Came back and he tried to humiliate me in front of the whole class by asking why I ignored him and was so disrespectful. So I said very loudly and made sure I had everyones attention, "You mean when I went to the bathroom to prevent the blood from overflowing into my underwear and clothes? I'm sorry, your right I should ask you for permission to do basic self care because your delusional sense of authority is offended by the untimely disobedience of my period." He stuttered and and everyone stared and he tried to say, "Well, why didn't you tell me it was because of that?" I was like "I didn't realize you needed an update on my bodily functions, next time I'll be sure to include how heavy my flow is and the consistency of the bloody as it comes out too." Needless to say the man was speechless but I was still given detention. I get more mouthy when menstruating, and I was very apathetic as a teenager.
You are actually a goddess, I admire you so much for that
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Calis Bolt YASS GIRL YOU TRLL THAT TEACHER WHAT'S UP!!
U R AWESOME
"if i have to whisper for a tampon best believe i won't be in that room" YES
I want this on a t shirt
Colleen Dunlap someone SERIOUSLY meeds to make that
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TYPE SHIT
Mine starts tomorrow -_-
My best friend once told me off - legitimately TOLD ME OFF - for taking my bag to the toilet. She chastised me for making it obvious. Like it would be the worst thing in the world for the three other girls in the room who go through exactly the same thing every month to know that I was going through it today. She felt that shame on my behalf and sat on it all the time I was out of the room, waiting on my return so she could blurt it out in a panic, intending to make me feel somehow in the wrong for discreetly getting on with my business not discreetly enough. I told her it would be more obvious if I took my pad out in front of them and waved it around on my way out.
brit gordon power to you! At my school all my friends and I joke about our period.
One of us is feeling particularly uncomfortable and we'll ask her if she needs any chocolate or if she needs a pad. We're all in on it, and it's really nice. The boys of coarse are horrified.
Awe, that's ridiculous. I'm sorry you had to deal with unnecessary scolding. You do you!
cold one with the boys i relate to that im v open abt menstruation and like it doesn't bother my friends but like i can't say much to my family (also i love your icon it's v aesthetic and you seem like a cool dude i would wanna be friends with tbh)
cold one with the boys badass
I was in one of my classes and I asked to go to the bathroom and of course I took my bag with me. mind you its a small cross body bag that I always wear during my period and never take off at school so if I have to go to the bathroom I don't take it off my chair and then put it on. anyway so I stand up and start to walk out when a boy in my class loudly whisper-yells that I don't need to take my bag to the bathroom. I'm probably just going to be talking with one of my friends. then as I got very red in embarrassment a boy in my class who I have a crush on stood up told the guys off saying I can do whatever I want and pointed to the hanging thing where are phone have to be for class. and pointed out that my phone was there.
love the way she presents this, her voice and expressions are so engaging and love her poem, so witty, funny and clever.
"blood is gross, let's not talk about this."
*is messing around with boyfriend on period when he notices my tampon strong*
*he immediately backs up*
"Ew, it's a tampon."
i told him i just wanted to cuddle because apparently i am viewed as disgusting for being a woman, and that's not right. I cried. It's not my fault I have to deal with guys saying shit like, "oh, she must be on her period" when I'm mad. Maybe if men understood what it feels like to be ashamed of bleeding out of their genitals, they'd get it.
Honey leeeeeave his ass if he's gonna act like that when he sees a simple tampon Stein
If he starts acting like there is a dead frog inside of that tampon he best be taught a lesson or be left behind.
Nah you're just salty
pookyy really nah you're just salty!!! Wth what wrong with you. She have a right to be upset her boyfriend hurt her in a way that all people who have a period understand.
I sorry that ur bf is little baby when it comes to this.
To tell you the truth the only reason i hide being on my period is because i don't want people to think that its affecting my decisions or moods. like what they do isn't offensive just because im on my period. but the last line of this poem got me. it LANDED!
YES it's some bs
When I was at camp the entire time the boys would be talking about how big their junk is and what they can do with it, one night when I was in my tent with my girls I asked my friend "do you have your period stuff?" and the boys in the tent beside us freaked...out. Excuse me?? Grow the hell up! This powerful woman just said everything I was thinking in that moment
And they were talking about how big their sticks are
Boys are sick
Yo, the marching band of crinkles I CANT literally there is no hiding that....
Same
And by the way nice name and picture
Tru just as dan could never hide his gorgeous dimples
If you're so mentally feeble you can't handle a woman saying she's on her period, you're bringing us down as a population. It's not that bad. The word, that is. The cycle, however, I hear is hell. Half the time I feel I should apologize for my weaker male counterparts for their insensitivity.
Michael Mauney your words can make any girl swoon. Seriously, there's power in the words "have no shame" it even makes me blush. You're amazing, thank you.
Michael Mauney and it is hell, most definitely. When I first got cramps I thought it was food poisoning and I asked my mom about it and she told me it was _supposed_ to feel like you've been repeatedly kicked in the stomach.
Michael Mauney, we need more guys like you. I can't believe something that happens to 50% of our population has so much stigma around it. And I'm tired of feeling embarrassed when I'm doubled over in pain from cramps that make me wanna throw up but I have to go about my day as if nothing is wrong.
Don't loop in "mentally feeble" as a negative descriptor, people who ARE "mentally feeble" don't all hate periods. Can't believe I have to say that shit. Just call them what they are, insensitive.
You're a pretty cool dude.
This was so good. Deadass finna be talking about tampons like men talk ABOUT sex.
Edit: 1k likes? Damn thanks guys
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Aesthetically Michelle Doooooooo iiiiiiit. If they can't handle it, they need to grow the fuck up.
PREACH GIRL
Mm
I honestly don't care I'll tell anyone and everyone that I'm on my period and need a tampon or whatever. I don't get why some people be getting so grossed out and disgusted by it. It's a normal body function that women cant control. And without it us women wouldn't be able to reproduce so you boys better be thankful for periods
Naomi Burachek honestly I do the exact same. Like I seriously don't care. It's natural!
Naomi Burachek preach it sister!!
Naomi Burachek Im not grossed out by it, im just not comfortable telling people. I want to be comfortable, but I can't help that I'm not but I respect how you feel
I can tell anyone at school but I never told my parents
I used to be very uncomfortable talking about it out loud and even talking about it with my friends. It IS dumb because women ( and trans guys) can't help it, it's natural. But I've always been taught it was something boys and men didn't want to hear about because "it's private" or "it's gross". But mostly, I've always kept quiet because of the consequences which are " oh she's on her period that's why she's reacting like that" during a class discussion, do you know how many times I heard that? As if discussing and standing up for people is just a hormonal reaction? But now I've learned not to give a shit. Because HELLO THIS IS MY BODY. My female classmates' openness about the topic really helped.
I shouted at a boy in my school when him and his friends were pushing eachother and he hit me. He responded with “are you in your period?”, I wasn’t btw, so I just said “do you know my menstrual cycle? As if me being upset about being disrespected has to have something to do with my period 👌.
Oof
"Don't just assume that i'm on my period because I'll just assume you're dead when you're sleeping at night and bury you in the backyard" -Lilly Singh
Ikr
“Are you on on your period?”
“Are you an idiot?”
My brothers used to do this when I was younger so now whenever they complain about anything I will always retaliate with, “what are you on your period?”And they always hate it. I also always say it with a strait face.
I don't know why but I've always been comfortable and not shy about taking a tampon out in a public place and never felt ashamed when I had to ask a friend to borrow a tampon.
To borrow the tampon? So are you like giving it back to them? hahahh
Light Imagay well duh of course we give them back! We didn't buy them so it's polite to give it to the person who gave it to us so they can use it too..😃
anicole 😂
Sometimes if I need to go to the bathroom on my period I'll just announce to the group "i'm bleeding" then leave lmao
Vina omg queen!!😂😂♥️♥️
I love this so much and even before watching this video, my close friends and I, to which a few are boys, I tell them when I’m on my period. Straight. Up. Yes, they were uncomfortable for the first few times and yes, they asked me not to tell them because it is 'disgusting' and so I told them, "Dude, you want to have a girlfriend right? Well your girlfriend is going to go through this, your Mum? She'll go through it too, have a sister? She’s going to go through it as well. It is natural, and you will have to learn to get used to it, so when I tell you I’m on my period, I want you to understand that this is a stressful time for me and I ask you excuse me if I get too whiny, or if I’m in pain and need to leave. Do not feel disgusted by my natural cycle because if you do, then you are saying you are disgusted by every female that will ever grow up,"
Don’t hate Mother Nature for her work
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Yesss
YASS
Most girl: **Embarrassed about being on their period**
Me: **Enters room** ANYONE GOT A PAD?!
I could only wish I had your confidence.
Girl I use my period as an excuse to get free food from my friends.
Same!!
U go girl. :P
THAT'S TOTALLY ME
I do that too💀I literally yelled out in class ‘anyone got a pad? My period started y’all’
I love her, and I love the humor and sarcasm it adds to the emphasis of all the really important lines!! I love love love
One of my guy friends once told me, when I was talking to a friend about periods next to him, that he never knew how hard it was until someone described the actual process.
period shaming needs to stop (not saying that this vid is period shaming)
The 13 people who disliked it were hella uncomfortable. Snaps and claps you did your thing miss.
"Marching band in every wrinkle" YESS I RELATE TO THIS SO MUCH. I hate when it's so quiet and then there's me trying to quietly rip a pad :/
One time I was in class and got my period, so I got permission to leave and go to the bathroom, but as I picked up my bag the teacher (who literally let me go) asks why I'm taking it and I say because and he says because what and I say it's not my fault the lining of my uterus is disintegrating and I could stand here for 20 minutes explaining menstruation to you but I kinda have more important places to be rn
Deadass the best comeback I have ever given... the teacher was a substitute so it was alright and I never got in trouble lol
r/thatHappened
"The lining of your uterus is feeling a bit Jericho-y"
We all know what it means.
I first found this poem a bit over a year ago now, and ever since I listened to it, I never whispered for a pad again. I walked straight into the classroom where my favorite teacher was, during a class period that wasn't mine, filled with a majority of people I didn't know but some I did, and straight up asked if she had a pad. I wasn't quiet, I didn't hide it. I almost shouted over the room. She didn't have one, but this random girl I had never seen before in my life said she had a tampon I could use. I thanked her, went to the bathroom, and came back shouting that "Satan's waterfall wasn't going to be ruining this pair of underwear!"
Yes.
Her teeth look really nice
Mikhela Kitt her lipstick
I love her fingers. I know that sounds odd but I have really wonky fingers and I'm self conscious about them so it's the first thing I notice about a person
I like the inward bend of her arms. I always found those oddly attractive and hers look nice
@@magpie322 I can see why
Yes. Yes. Yeesss.she is my spirit animal!!!
Ikr!
She is my new teacher I learn form her now and forever
JERICHO-Y
What does it meannnn?
@@singingpugs6190 Jehrico was a place in the Bible and the walls came down meaning periods have the walls off blood that eventually fall too
@@IPurpleYou06
It is also a place where you can be free.
Sorry, I'll leave.
Honestly, I stopped caring about a year ago. Now I just whip it out anywhere when I have to go. Everybody already know I'm on it once a month sooo?
I remember one time when I was like 11/12 I heard the boys in my class planning to look my girl friends bags and tried to find if they had pads so they could make fun of them, I remember I felt so relieved that that day I had forgotten packing my pads but now that I remember it it was just so horrible
"Blink that shit in morse code" what a damn legend
Honestly, having friends that are mostly guys makes me a lot more laidback talking about this stuff. I forgot it sometimes makes people uncomfortable once and I literally said to my friend[there was someone new eating with us at lunch] “I have to go take care of girl stuff, I’ll be right back.” And he was all “okay, we’ll wait” and the new person gave me a look of half horror and half confusion as my friend reached in my bag and handed me my pad. Honestly, no regrets. My friends know that I’m a girl, and that means I bleed out of my vagina once a month. Some of them I respect that talking about it makes them uncomfortable but those it doesn’t, I’m pretty open about it.
One time I had a period cramp so bad I started crying in class (luckily we were watching a movie and no one noticed)
MENSTRUATION. PERIOD. These are normal things that exist. :))) Love this poem! And Raych Jackson's aesthetic is yaass.
Hunter Meek yes they are the same thing
Why do we ask “can I borrow a tampon” or “can I borrow a pad”
Borrowing something is using something for a little while then returning it.
I do not want that pad or tampon back after it’s covered in your blood! It’s like thanks sally for returning it now I’m gonna use it when I’m on my period! Next time let’s say yo can I just take a pad or tampon from you?
I just found it really funny how we ask to borrow it when we never return it😂
Mint cip because one day you’ll probably return the favor and “return” the used item, kinda like how you call a loan “borrowing money” you aren’t getting the same money back but yannow, you’re still getting money returned
One expressed borrow as to return the favor if they ever in need. SMH not with the same tampon or pad SMH.
Because someday you’ll give her one back, like borrowing a smoke. You give one back when you get some
When I want something I usually ask if I could steal it so-
The last line... In the most respectful way.. YESSS BIII**TCHHHHH
I'm on love. Her poetry, her spirit, her tattoos.
i love this one so much. literally the third time im watching this. here from pakistan where there is so much shame about periods and menstruation because it literally means you're a woman i.e. viable to marriage
Xena P. The same goes for guys too hitting puberty ie they’re the age to marry why not say we as a society made it a big deal? Too much backwardness isn’t in the whole country or religion ( as you never said it)but the mindset of people. So why not put it nicely?
Good luck
That was really well done. Unique and real.
Her: There is a "u" in menstruation
Me: *questions life*
Same😂😂😂
Run on sentence type shit! I love it!!
I've gotten to the point of my female life that in my sophomore year I stopped giving a shit and will say when i am on my period and will straight up tear apart that pad in the restroom.and not give a shit 😂
Jay Jay Beauty I honestly never gave a shit. I deadass be like “CAN I GO TO THE NURSE? I NEED A TAMPON!”
Sameeee XD 🤣🤣
this is freaking brilliant!
I love everything about this girl, her body, her outfit, her tattoos, nails, hair, makeup, piercings, and HER ATTITUDE I LOVE HER
This is such an incredible poem!!!
I was in art class, already out as a trans guy, and I realized I got my period. The room was full of 15 girls and one cis boy. I asked a few girls quietly if they had a pad, and each of them said “oh go ask Cole”. Ironically, no girl in the class had anything on her, but he kept pads and tampons in his lockers and his pockets because he knew people forget and he wanted people to know it was okay and just something that happens, nothing to be ashamed of
*“Letting your tinkling stall neighbors know the lining of your uterus is feeling a bit Jericho-y at the moment!!”*
Lmaooo
This is fucking brilliant. The way the poem has sarcasm and humour n her expression in every line as if written on her body too!
I was talking about cramps and my guy friend chimes in with “ew can we not talk about this” he was the only guy there during this convo so he really should’ve stayed quiet because we went off on him he no longer tells us to shut up about periods
Very relatable👍👍
Excuse me, how can I like this twice?
That is why I love my school because this never happens in my school. We will yell in a full classroom anyone got a pad or tampon if it is safe to do so.
I was lucky because my Mom taught me never to be ashamed of my period. It’s uncomfortable and can be gross, but it’s natural. When my periods started, i looked up everything about it. What’s these weird clots? Is it normal to be heavy? Light? What if it’s brown? Everything.
So I was that student who always had extra pads, tampons, chocolate, and Midol/Pamprin in their locker incase other students needed it.
If you were too embarrassed to ask your mom/sister/nurse, you could always ask me. This happened a lot when I was a senior in my JROTC classes bc the freshmen girls where scared of how their periods would effect them in drills and such.
While I never minded being the “mom/pad” friend, it was always struck me how ashamed other girls were about their periods. They always asked me how I could be open about my periods. How could I be so straight forward when it came to asking teachers to go to the bathroom to change my pad. How could I not be embarrassed?
I always asked them, “When did being a human become something to be embarrassed about?”
I love the way she loves and speaks and her passion
I love her vibe
She just gives off a radiating feeling of
Real. Nasty. Girl. Power.
make sure you go follow her on twitter!! - twitter.com/RaychJackson
“If I have to whisper for a tampon, best believe I won’t be in that room” QUEEN.
She's sooo good!!!
Yes queen!
Honestly I feel like it's an American thing because I live in Germany and I can ask casually and get asked casually for tampons atleast from girl's. A lot of boys still feel really uncomfortable with the topic but atleast 80% of women are totally fine with it. Like asking another girl at the club and getting an empathetic smile while she hands you a tampon that's pretty much normal here. Unless you have extremely immature friend's atleast. And I even now a couple of guys who are fine with talking about period. Might not be their favorite topic but they don't start to freak if they even hear the word like it's voldemort 😂
MsDragontooth wow lucky you.And no it's not an american thing
Same as the Americans but it isn't as bad in Scotland. Guys are kinda like "I know it's natural and I shouldn't go eww but eww" the girls are totally fine with it tho. Me and my female best friend like to talk about them in front of one of our more "sensitive" male friends because he freaks the hell out and it's funny as shit
Your Voldemort joke is freaking amazing!
@Kale Ling sounds like you had a really nice experience with this, unfortunately most of us were raised with a lot less positivity towards the topic, and have their own unique experiences because of that. This isn't just a couple guys not enjoying talking about periods, this is most girls being raised to never talk about their period or let on to anyone that you had it. I'm off the opinion that people have a right to complain about that
Odium wish I could say the same from here in England. None of my friends like talking about it I feel like I can’t ask anyone for anything and don’t even try and get a guy to talk about it just don’t. 😔I really wish it was different it makes an already difficult time even more difficult 😣
I don't know how people dislike it ^^
This was amazing 😂😂
"There is a fictional family member we all share!: :D
Sophie Lawrence i still dont get the fictional family member part
Zuby Indera one of the ways to refer to getting your period is saying you got a visit from Aunt Flo
I relate to this on a spiritual level
I'm going through my period and my mom always scolds me for throwing my used pads in the (bathroom) trash can cuz my father and brother can see it. and I'm like umm???
hagar fadali same I cant even ask for more pads if my brother/dad is in the room because apparently it makes them uncomfortable
i know and my step dad is like "its soo groooss!!" like um excuse me i cant control my body you tell my cycle to stop what its doing because i cant!!! i dont know whats even more disgusting throwing your pads were everyone can see them in the kitchen or in the bathroom were everybody does their business privately. Its like were else am i suppose to throw away my pads?!?! if you know a period is a bodily function you cant control then dont shame me for throwing away pads in the only located area where i can put em thats not publicly displayed!!
@@TiffanyRay Don't flush the toliet then. Don't expect others to do so either, because diarrhea is natural and so is shit and nobody cares if it smells bad or is disgusting.
My father buys my mother and I pads and tampons when we run out.
SugarieDreams this makes no sense? Like, where do you want us to put pads then? There is a garbage can for a reason, to throw your trash in. If you don't wanna see the blood covered thing (which, btw, I always wrap in the little plastic thing the pad comes in) then don't look in the damn trash, that simple XD
Me and my friends named our periods so we can talk about them whenever and wherever.
When I'm on my period It's become a habit to call my period a red Camaro so I talk about it anywhere with my family. So, when I get it I tell my brothers "I'm on red Camaro so I apologize in advance for my moodiness. Just don't mess with me." 😂🤣
I love her tattoos
"There is a marching band in every crinkle" okay but that's actually how I feel every time I try to open a pad quietly in public lmao
Oh my gosh she’s literally so gorgeous I love her smile
In a world like this i think girls should stick together and not bring each other down coz when a guy makes fun of us like 'damn you mad ur on ur period or something' thats not cool to make fun of us so i think we should stick together
Everyone makes fun of me because I carry period products (I'm a male.), but that is only due to the fact that I am transgender and get periods as well.
All the girls tend to shut up about it once they need a pad and I just happen to have one in my backpack.
This is one of my favorites.
This was hilarious, besides the strong language, but I couldn't relate because whenever I'm on my period I don't hide the fact that I do have it because everyone knows already that women have to go through this so when I open that pad I own that marching band of crinkles 😂
I've watched this video so many times I'm starting to anticipate the following line... this girl is everything 💕
"There is a marching band in every crinkle"
TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEE!!!!!!
‘ there’s a matching hand in every crinkle ‘ dawg.. pads make alll the fucking noise in the world!!
When I’m on my period I just say out loud that I’m on my period I need the restroom my teacher doesn’t care but the boys in my class are disturbed I think they need to grow up
I cant stop watching these because there so inspirational
she slays me!!!!! this is amazing! so relateable
I absolutely love when poets stumble for a sec and hop back on like that. I always wanted to do slam poetry but i am way too nervous that I would be able to and seeing ppl hit a lil bump and be okay I'd like instant Xanax to my brain 😂
Lol just sharing, here in PH (some) we just casually ask for pads from friends without lowering our voice. I sometimes ask my boy classmates to buy me some because I don’t have extra in my bag. We’re not awkward at all. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.
Yes I recently found a love for poetry
I love that people can speak their minds to the point that people respect them and their opinions.
At school if i ran out of pads and asked for one (in my normal vocie) to a friend in the bathroom like 5 girls would stare at me with their mouth open and say "the boys can HEAR you!" Every time i go IDGAF BOUT DAT
This is a whole mood
This was posted on my birthday
Watching a male teacher's face when the realization hits him gets me every time. I'm like a shameless tomboy and my teacher asked why I needed a pencil case and I was just so done that day that I unzipped it, waved a pad at him, and said "Hmm, wHatEvEr cOuLd iT be fOR?"
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I wish TH-cam had a feature where u could mega like something because this is it the video to top all videos on TH-cam.PERIODT
i've always been comfortable with others knowing about my period but everyone else wasn't so i hide it now.
0:11 "is with your eyes, blink that sh*t like Morse code" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
PREACH SISSSSS PREACHHHH👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
She really speaks with such strength it’s amazing
Why are people so scared to mention their period? Like I'm so open about it. Its just a normal thing, I talk about it like anything else. Me and my friend were talking about it today, while my boyfriend was sitting across the table, just listening to us, completely fine with the fact we were talking about bleeding out of our vaginas. Idk why guys are so uncomfortable about it.
I love so much about this woman
My friend ( who is a male):why are you so crabby today?”
Me: “oh...my aunt Flow is in town and she’s just...really annoying me lately”
Friend: “oh okay!”
Me and my bestfriend DEAD ASS had a whole conversation about our periods in front of our guy friend without him knowing all bc we said aunt flow 😂 We even got him to believe that me and my bestfriend would be related soon bc we made up a story about how my Aunt Flow was marrying her uncle and then “Aunt Flow” would be joining her family soon 😂💕💀....
.....
He still doesn’t know.
This makes me want to scream off rooftops. I love this.
I absolutely adore this poem so much but I do not understand what "no debt, dead ass" means
I think she said "no, dead-- deadass" (like a stutter). deadass means seriously or literally. Like instead of "she seriously said that to me" you could say "she deadass said that to me". Its usually used with a negative connotation (so the "she" in the above example would have likely said something rude to the speaker)
Her aesthetic is incredible
Can i just hug her? That was great i wanna hug her.
This is the first spoken word poem i ever watched.
"We are in the room with some sensation even ass children," the fucking irony
I've stopped giving a damn when I have to ask for a pad or a tampon, stopped caring when people see me holding a tampon in my hand, stopped giving a single shit about the stigma around my period. It's such a normal thing for so many people, and I love poetry like this that gives a voice to how so many of us feel or once felt.
In my grade, me and this girl started this thing due to the boys being SO inappropriate about periods(not that all boys are). It's basicly this:
"I'm on my life" = "Im on my period."
"Bread" = "Pad"
"String cheese." = "Tampon"
And now kids in a grade below us are even using it, because we're to afraid to get laughed at by boys.
Am in love of this poet and her voice.