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I'm good. What about you?

I think everyone should watch Turning Red

and yeah i love xiran's review they're so funny haha
i saw this white dude saying it was bad bc it didnt acknowledge 9/11 :///
like that makes no sense dude, were people not allowed to be happy at all for a full two years after that?

Also, I love that Meilin inherits panda powers from her mothers side. I'm all for matrilineality.
And that movie talks about periods, which I think not many movies have done.
I love how Xiran puts it while replying to a comment in their review: “Oh yeah it happens to most girls as they grow up. They start bleeding once a month, but it's as natural as pooping or peeing. It's not something that they can control though, so be kind if you happen to find that one of them is going through it.”

I'm such an idiot. I realized so late that Chinese names have the surname first and then the given name

Also, I love that Meilin inherits panda powers from her mothers side. I'm all for matrilineality.
And that movie talks about periods, which I think not many movies have done.
I love how X..."
yeah i remember that
its why im scared to watch it w my dad lol
it was so awkward when we watched black widow together and they started talking abt that lolll
and yeah they put it really well in their video :D

i love this video https://youtu.be/gT_LFKZNeDE - it is a cishet white dude but he explained it really well and he had a period cramp simulator on
he started wincing at a level 4 and i've tried it on, and the level 10 (highest level) was NOTHING i've had cramps worse a lotttt

:D
You shouldn't be scared of period talk in movies, or anywhere for that matter. It's like someone Saying: “oh nooooo! I can't talk about me going to the bathroom to pee”

i love this video https://youtu.be/gT_LFKZNeDE - it is a cishet white dude but he explained it really well and he had a period cramp simulator on
he started wincing at a ..."
I'll watch that video later.
I also need to try that period cramp simulator.
Also, how does it feel to have cramps?
Every person experiences cramps differently (or that's what I think at least), so if you are a person who menstruates, and you're reading this comment, please do share how it is to have cramps (it's not like I'm popular that people are going to come to my nook, but still). If you're comfortable sharing, that is.
I'm very curious

Oh, how?"
ok maybe not just her, but like how everyone views them

i love this video https://youtu.be/gT_LFKZNeDE - it is a cishet white dude but he explained it really well and he had a period cramp simulator on
he started..."
lollll u are very popular
i mean, for me, it's pain in your lower abdomen and it's basically everywhere on your lower abdomen, and your legs hurt a lot as well
it's not sharp pain, it's more of a throb (not dull) that's really intense and piercing
i know some people's backs hurt too
and the average person does get intense cramps but not as intense to the point where they can't do their daily stuff, but i get really really bad ones for the first four days and the worst part is they wont go away for at least an hour or two no matter how much you move/shift, and that's pretty much it lol
also EVERYTHING gets on ur nerves during then so i'm generally an irritable person to be around, and i eat a lot of chocolate idk why
hope this helped :D

Oh, how?"
ok maybe not just her, but like how everyone views them"
hmm

i mean, for me, it's pain in your lower abdomen and it's basically everywhere on your lower abdomen, and your legs hurt a lot as well
it's not sharp pain, it's more of a throb (not dull) that's really intense and piercing
i know some people's backs hurt too
and the average person does get intense cramps but not as intense to the point where they can't do their daily stuff, but i get really really bad ones for the first four days and the worst part is they wont go away for at least an hour or two no matter how much you move/shift, and that's pretty much it lol
also EVERYTHING gets on ur nerves during then so i'm generally an irritable person to be around, and i eat a lot of chocolate idk why
hope this helped :D"
Nah, I'm not, but if you say so.
Also, loved the video!
DO you do something to distract yourself from the pain?
I wouldn't say I understand the pain, because it would be a blatant lie.
Also, are there things that you won't do when you are on your periods, that you would normally do?
Yeah, it helped a lot, thank you

if it gets really bad, and i have to go outside that day, i'll take a tylenol
i mean, not really, but i tend to not come downstairs that much and since everything gets on my nerves i don't vaccuum or clean the table etc.

i love this video https://youtu.be/gT_LFKZNeDE - it is a cishet white dude but he explained it really well and he had a period cramp simulator on
he started..."
hmm
it's hard to explain?
for me it's like this pain in my lower abdomen but it's not like a sharp pain that goes STAB, and then fades, yk?
it's more like a constant throb lmao
and sometimes it's hard to tell if i'm hungry or have cramps jhgtfyuuhg so ig it's kinda similar to that? just without the rumbly rumble lmao
does that make sense

if it gets really bad, and i have to go outside that day, i'll take a tylenol
i mean, no..."
oh. And what about those days when you have school?

i love this video https://youtu.be/gT_LFKZNeDE - it is a cishet white dude but he explained it really well and he had a period cramp..."
:D it does… kind of

This book…
I don't have words (no I do actually).
The disability rep is awesome, the queer rep is fantastic, bringing down the patriarchy is fabulous, the world building is super cool, and the characters and their actions are mind-blowing!
Final words?
fuck the patriarchy in all it's forms
also a few more final words?
go go go go go read this.
“Female. That label has never done anything for me except dictate what I can or cannot do. No going anywhere without permission. No showing too much skin. No speaking too loudly or unkindly, or at all, if the men are talking. No living my life without being constantly aware of how pleasing I am to the eye. No future except pushing out son after son for a husband”
“How many aspects of the piloting system - and the world in general - are based on sterile facts, and how many are just illusions? Illusions that reinforce themselves generation after generation, because people don't question the convenient boxes they're penned into, the arbitrary rules they live by?”

if it gets really bad, and i have to go outside that day, i'll take a tyle..."
i usually take medicine but if my mom doesn't let me i guess i have to deal with it lol

it's not that we dont trust modern medicine or anything lmao, if u keep using it for the same purpose it stops working/being as efficient
so once or twice per month is my maximum (including cramps and anything else)

it's not that we dont trust modern medicine or anything lmao, if u keep using it for the same purpose it stops working/being as efficient
so once or twice per mo..."
But aren't there any other methods to get rid of the pain? I mean why should you bear the pain?

it's not that we dont trust modern medicine or anything lmao, if u keep using it for the same purpose it stops working/being as efficient
so once o..."
idk its natural pain
i mean, a couple doctors have recommended going on birth control to get rid of cramps but you know how an indian mom is gonna feel about that

just look at the number of people that came to my nook"
hey not many people come to my nook either sir
you are popular

it's not that we dont trust modern medicine or anything lmao, if u keep using it for the same purpose it stops working/being..."
Oh, that might be good IG. But yeah, I know

it's not that we dont trust modern medicine or anything lmao, if u keep using it for the same purpose it stops working/being..."
exactly
it's natural
i just deal with it lmao

just look at the number of people that came to my nook"
hey not many people come to my nook either sir
you are popular"
Nah, you are popular
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