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Queeriods. "How to talk inclusively about periods."

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Lamahaha · 21/06/2020 08:58

I saw this on a Twitter thread of Glinner, in which he said I'd better be careful. I'm extremely drunk and might tweet something like "Women menstruate".

I followed a few of the tweets and found this website :

periodpositive.wordpress.com/

This is where apparently media & menstrual product companies now working from and get the language. All about "inclusive" language. The words "woman", "feminine", "female" are taboo.

Grovelling apologies offered; I would have thought this was satire had I seen it anywhere else:
rubycup.com/blogs/news/we-need-to-apologize

Queeriods. "How to talk inclusively about periods."
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ErrolTheDragon · 21/06/2020 09:12

I wonder if @glinner considered describing himself as a 'non-menstruator'?

PumbaasCucumbas · 21/06/2020 09:11

(Although of course this flippant example doesn’t actually endanger the health of women for lack of clarity, muddying the waters with reproductive health definitely does)

PumbaasCucumbas · 21/06/2020 09:09

What are they coming for next....

“do these trainers come in women’s sizes?”

Shop assistant (trying to contain the shock that particular offensive word is actually used in public)

“Yes customer of undetermined gender until you tell me your preferred pronouns, the shoes for adult people who typically (but not always) have smaller feet are over there”

donquixotedelamancha · 21/06/2020 09:02

Grovelling apologies offered; I would have thought this was satire had I seen it anywhere else: rubycup.com/blogs/news/we-need-to-apologize

The fact that they tagged that post (promising never to mention women) as feminism is both tragic and hysterical.

Ginnyhip46 · 21/06/2020 09:02

If anyone ever tells me off for saying Mother and Daughter I'm going to go full Galadriel when she is offered the One Ring.

SnuggyBuggy · 21/06/2020 09:01

Us woman can't have anything to ourselves these days.

Sexnotgender · 21/06/2020 09:00

Just fuck off. Women menstruate.