Um.

[labellementeuse]

Okay, why did EVERYONE ON MY FLIST just get their period? This is truly bizarre. (I am not joking, like five people in the last 12 hours have posted about Aunt Flo coming to visit (worst period euphemism ever, btw, share your least favourites in the comments!). Given my personal ratio of number of periods posted about : number of periods had is about equal to 1:20, perhaps even smaller, and that my reading flist is 141 people, probably... ok, I was going to say probably 75% of whom are women, but realistically I can name three guys on my flist right now. Assuming there are slightly more than that (and some names are coming back to me now), 20x5 = 100 and therefore 100/120 women on my flist have their period right now. QED!)

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[one-2-3-4.livejournal.com]

If I posted about my period every month, my tags would become quite creative. Though times like today, I wish I didn't feel bad about spamming my flist 'cause holy shit, I got hit with cramps this morning like whoa and whining makes me feel better.

I also find it amazing how others have said they don't talk about it (how Fight Club). maybe it's because I took this really awesome class wherein it was clarified that bodily fuctions happen and its ok to talk about them, but I don't have issues talking about my period, nor do any of my rl friends. It kind of falls under the umbrella of sex and other things of that sort.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I usually quite enjoy reading about other people getting their periods because it reminds me of our shared humanity, I guess. I think I also do like to feel the taboo being broken, like, hey! it is OK to talk about them (although, like you, I don't have many hang-ups talking about it.)