@memeticsisyphus Ppl understand that the reproductive system is *for* reproduction, just that actual baby-making is quite literally a small part of it all. Ur whole monthly cycle is a LOT more than getting pregnant. Hormone regulation and maintaining homeostasis, for one thing.
@utprojectSTART Yeah I’d say people who have them are allowed to make them! Jesus fucking Christ. No need to condescendingly lecture me about menstrual injustice as if I don’t know. Good luck.
@utprojectSTART Plenty of people *are not* saying they’re out of control and irresponsible for their own behaviors, they’re just jokingly describing their experiences and I’ve seen a ton of flack for that. I think we’re seeing different things. The internet! 🤪🤪
@utprojectSTART Think it’s also entirely possible that we’re all seeing our different echo chambers because I’ve seen PLENTY of ppl describe pretty harmless jokes/memes about their cycles as literal fascism or extremely harmful to women etc. 🤷🏻♀️
@utprojectSTART hear ppl make jokes about being horny during ovulation or w/e in luteal. To me it sounds like ppl tuned into their bodies. I’m suspicious of our legislators or paternalistic leaders co-opting any language to rationalize misogyny but, just asking. What should we w this info?
@utprojectSTART ….am I shutting you down or, doing as you suggest, which is to engage critically with the cultural conversation? Everyone’s responsible for their behaviors. But at a time when most ppl have very limited knowledge about their own cycles and bodies it’s kinda refreshing to
@utprojectSTART@planetclarke Don’t you feel like the patriarchy is going to weaponize any language we use to describe our experiences? Why do we have to bend over backwards to make sure misogyny isn’t done to us?
@BenjaminPoss I do that too! The weather doesn’t always reflect what we need in our internal worlds. sometimes you gotta shut the blinds and give yourself what you need.
@astroeleanor I dated a Cancer man who fell in love with another girl on a trip, asked me to stay with him while he considered his feelings for her, & after we obviously broke up and I moved 600 miles away, FLEW to my house on my winter break to cry for a week. I felt too bad to kick him out.
12:08pm EDT: Moon in Pisces quindecile South Node in Virgo. There's nothing glamorous or romantic or tragic about beating a dead horse. If the struggle feels both hopeless AND pointless, you might as well move on. 12°Pi25' D 27°Vi25' D