Dying right now.
I cannot believe this got so many notes. But this is the continuation.
THIS WOMAN IS MY NEW HERO.
HERO.
When the Internet gives you lemons, make lemonade.
This is such a righteous post that I am happy I stayed up late. I will probably still regret going to school on 5hrs of sleep, but then I’ll just think of this and not give a damn.
(via simplysykesual)
society:
oh you have your period? well you have two options.
woman:
okay.
society:
you can use sanitary pads, which make you feel like you are wearing a diaper, and have the added fun benefit of being extremely uncomfortable and give you the extreme paranoia that they will not be enough coverage and at any moment with any movement or sudden sneeze you'll bleed over onto your clothes and walk around all day with blood stained trousers while everyone points and laughs at you.
woman:
sounds awful. what's my second option.
society:
a penis shaped wad of cotton that you shove uncomfortably inside yourself and it catches the blood before it leaves your body.
woman:
still seems pretty awful.
society:
wait! it gets better! there's the outside chance that using those will kill you!
woman:
well, are they at least free? like how men can have access to free condoms? i mean, it's not like i'm choosing for this to happen.
society:
HAHAHA! that's funny. no, you have to pay for them. and they're really fucking expensive.
woman:
society:
oh, and if you tell anyone that you ARE on your period, your judgement, opinions, and reactions are going to be dismissed as the crazy ramblings of a lunatic.
woman:
society:
woman:
i think i'll go with my third option.
society:
woman:
society:
what third option?
woman:
i think i'll bleed on everything you love.
Josie:
I have a new crusshhhhh
Matt:
Me too! On a boy!
Pearl:
You're a boy with a crush on a boy?
Matt:
Yeah he's really cute.
Pearl:
Oh.
(pause for a bit)
Matt:
Boys can like boys. I just can't marry him because boys can't marry boys.
Me:
Yeah they can. You can marry whoever you want.
Matt:
Really?
Josie:
YEAH my tia has a wife so now I have a titi and a auntie.
Matt:
Okay. Then maybe I'll marry him.
Dave:
(from across the room) No you can't you're seven.
(Age was apparently the only foreseeable problem anyone of my elementary schoolers could see with gay marriage.)