Recently, BuzzFeed published a post I wrote called "The 11 Bloody Awful Stages Of Getting Your Period."
While I was expecting a few responses here and there, I was not prepared for the innumerable amount of tweets and comments I received from women all over. Just to name a few places they came from:
California, United States
BUZZFEED KNOWS MY CYCLE SO DAMN WELL. The 11 Bloody Awful Stages Of Getting Your Period http://t.co/pG9Jb3lWjz via @LorynBrantz
Chihuahua, Mexico
Las 11 horribles etapas de tu período http://t.co/V2MaKropJe vía @LorynBrantz Totalmente cierto!!! Muero de risa!! Jajaj
Santiago, Chile
Las 11 horribles etapas de tu período http://t.co/53EB6yZ7rX vía @LorynBrantz
Mérida, Venezuela
Las 11 horribles etapas de tu período http://t.co/9bcmzTn6LN vía @LorynBrantz
New York, United States
OMG IM NOT ALONE?!? #zerochill #HALP https://t.co/mkAExwvkLi
São Paulo, Brazil
Day 2. Argh. The 11 Bloody Awful Stages Of Getting Your Period http://t.co/6AytP6epHD via @LorynBrantz
Martinique, France
11 étapes sanglantes que l’on traverse quand on a ses règles http://t.co/FcrIhSHIQS via @LorynBrantz putain que c'est vrai
Maryland, United States
LOVE. THIS. ISH. Share this with your daughters! //The 11 Bloody Awful Stages Of Getting Your Period http://t.co/8ZdwTEEaf9 via @LorynBrantz
And Toronto, Canada
YAAAAS! The 11 Bloody Awful Stages Of Getting Your Period http://t.co/JACIx82Omu via @LorynBrantz
Jaina Sierra of Mexico said: "The "blood moon" can be a good reason to cry, laugh, spoil yourself, get annoyed, tell your boyfriend to go away and at the same time you embrace A L L of it at the same time and blame your hormones."
Comments came in from Facebook:
French women reacted:
I couldn't help but feel my heart warmed from hearing that women everywhere of all walks of life have to deal with crappy periods.
Whether it's because their period won't show up, or stays too long — we can all agree, it's bloody awful.
So next time you see a fellow woman and think, I wonder if we have anything in common, think of her ovaries, or lack thereof. And realize, we probably go through the same madness every month and it's kind of beautiful.
