This is my photograph. This is my body. This is my menstrual blood. I took it for a introductory digital photo class, submitted for a texture and balance assignment. I think I got a B. It’s art. It shows reality. It shows part of who I am. It shows part of who most people on the earth are. There is a ridiculous amount of notes on this, and I am proud to have taken a photograph that many enjoy.
To those who like this photograph:
Also, let me take this opportunity to promote the feminine hygiene product I use: The Diva Cup. It’s the most economical option, and if you care about the amount of waste you produce using tampons, it is a wonderful alternative. It is made of silicone. Doesn’t silicone sound so much nicer than cotton? It is :)
——————————————————————————————————————-This photo was also blogged here, and was generally received negatively. Let me post some of my favorite comments in the reblogs:
- why do people feel its necessary to make posts about ovulation fuck you your pussy wont be the only thing bleeding if you dont shut the fuck up
- and women wonder why there is no equality for them. they do dumb shit like this
- this is plain disgusting. i find my own period horrid enough, i don’t need to see other people’s as well thanks
EW WHAT THE FUCK. PERIODS ARE VILE, GROSS, PAINFUL, AND UNNEEDED WHY CANT OUR VAGINAS JUST SEND OUT A LITTLE NOTE THAT SAYS WE NOT PREGNANT?! lol jk that’s not possible. But I still hate my period. Ishh
- periods are fucking gross. They hurt, they make women mean and lethargic, period tissue smells like a dead animal and on top of it all, its unsanitary. So nobody wants to see that shit. Including other women. And especially men, who oppress women. Put a tampon in it and act fucking normal and maybe we’ll have some progress.
- ^^^ WHY IS IT ON HER LEGS? EW EW EW. >
(Um, do they think this is a candid shot?)
I understand, most people do not find blood beautiful, and it would be ridiculous for me to think that everyone would feel “fine” with looking at this photograph- what bothers me that it is being received by some as offensive because it’s menstrual blood. A great deal of the people reblogging this and adding “grossed out” comments also reblog shittons of self-injury photographs. Because blood is only gross when it comes from a vagina. Grow up, you fucks. Nevermind, the majority of tumblr users are 14 years old. Maturing might not be feasible. Not while you still think your own period is “horrid”.