Running The London Marathon At That Time Of Month

[icyfroth]

Spoiler

Woman runs whole London Marathon without tampon to fight the 'stigma of periods' - Health & Families - Life and Style - The Independent

“The marathon for me was about family and feminism,” she said – the latter being because she “ran the whole marathon with period blood running down [her] legs”.

Gandhi explained that her period began the night before the big race, but that she decided she didn’t want to have to wear a tampon while running 26.2 miles.

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She wrote: “I thought, if there’s one person society won’t f*** with, it’s a marathon runner. If there’s one way to transcend oppression, it’s to run a marathon in whatever way you want.

“On the marathon course, sexism can be beaten. Where the stigma of a woman’s period is irrelevant, and we can re-write the rules as we choose. Where a woman’s comfort supersedes that of the observer.

“I ran with blood dripping down my legs for sisters who don’t have access to tampons and sisters who, despite cramping and pain, hide it away and pretend like it doesn’t exist. I ran to say, it does exist, and we overcome it every day. The marathon was radical and absurd and bloody in ways I couldn’t have imagined until the day of the race.”

FGS what's liberating about running a marathon without using an adequate hygiene product?

[raptor_rebooted]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Sadly we have been conditioned to think that periods are "smelly" and "disgusting" and "unhygenic" and of course they are none of those things.

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menstrual blood CAN be naturally smelly.

fact.

[lionrose.7]

Blood just smells like blood, keep clean and there is no smell.

I can honestly say I have never smelt period blood on a women ever.

I have smelt BO on men and women.

After my breast Op the doc said no deodorant for 3 months, what the hell is in that stuff.

I see now some are saying deodorants can cause breast cancer, I just used a nice smelling moisturizer under my arms.

[raptor_rebooted]

I haven't shaved for 12 months. Nothing to do with womens lib.

do you show them off proudly?

instagram? facebook maybe?

[raptor_rebooted]

Blood just smells like blood, keep clean and there is no smell.

but the discharge doesn't just contain

blood, does it.....

back to biology or PD classes ? lol

[raptor_rebooted]

I see now some are saying deodorants can cause breast cancer, I just used a nice smelling moisturizer under my arms.

you can buy aluminum free antiperspirants.  

they don't work as well but better than none

at all.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

I haven't shaved for 12 months. Nothing to do with womens lib.

do you show them off proudly?

instagram? facebook maybe?

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She only posted one article on her blog. Nothing since then. Hardly showing anything off. The fact that it has shown up on other peoples FB, instagram and general media sasy more about the rest of us than it says about her.

And yes I am quite proud of my underarm hair lol. If I had my own blog then I would probably photograph my arm pits and share my reasons with anyone who is interested.

Still got nothing to do with womens lib tho.

[raptor_rebooted]

oh and i don't think there is any scientific

evidence to prove there is a link between

deodorants/antiperspirants and breast cancer.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

I see now some are saying deodorants can cause breast cancer, I just used a nice smelling moisturizer under my arms.

you can buy aluminum free antiperspirants.  

they don't work as well but better than none

at all.

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Or you can grow your hair. My underarms no longer smell. 

[raptor_rebooted]

She only posted one article on her blog. Nothing since then. Hardly showing anything off.

i was asking if you did.

[lionrose.7]

I dont really have much hair under my arms these days, also dont have any hair on my arms or legs.

I do have one of those crystal deodorants, I only use it when I go out in the summer, the doctor put me off by saying you are putting that stuff directly on your lymph nods under your arms.

As I had some Lymph nods out I suppose that is way I was not to use it for three months.