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"Most bleeders know how they are impacted by their period"

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PurgatoryOfPotholes · 15/03/2022 17:09

New business on the block selling organic tampons via post and so on, called Yoppie. This is their instagram.

Text of instagram post:

'Most bleeders know how they are impacted by their period, but unfortunately aren't in touch with their feelings & symptoms in the other phases of their cycle. We are here to change that.'

I just can't stop laughing at this one. Grin

www.instagram.com/p/CbFxHM7IWDE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

"Most bleeders know how they are impacted by their period"
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vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 16/03/2022 16:11

non men, cervix havers, fishies, birthing parent, breeders, bodies with vaginas.

witch, bitch, karen, cunt, corpse.

nepeta · 16/03/2022 15:59

I have a new collecting interest: All the contemptuous and ridiculing terms which are now used to replace what used to be 'women' or 'girls' when they were understood by all to refer to biological sex:

Egg-producers (quack, quack), ovary-havers, vagina-owners, bleeders, menstruators, non-prostate-owners, vulva people.

It would be interesting to see how this new language explains the reasons for sex-selective abortions in places such as India, given that they have zero to do with gender identity.

Blackandwhitehorse · 16/03/2022 15:42

You’re right @VelvetChairGirl i thought there were more as they have pinned their comments to the top - pathetic!

FloBot7 · 16/03/2022 15:42

We recognise the menstrual cycle is a biological function. We should be proud of this cycle, of bleeding from our uterus, it’s what makes us different.

Why on earth should we be proud of our menstrual cycles? It's just a bodily function. I'm not proud that I pooConfused My period is just a minor inconvenience but for many of my friends it's something to be endured while they wait and wait for medical treatment. Bleeders was offensive enough but she appears to have made it worse by suggesting that we all need to be proud. Sod all of you who are struggling to conceive or living with endometriosis. While I'm at it, there are many many things that make me different but my period isn't one.

VelvetChairGirl · 16/03/2022 15:29

@Blackandwhitehorse

I’ve added my comment too, the more we speak up about this BS the better. Perhaps her brand can be kept afloat by the handmaidens, there seem to be a lot of them. Would have actually used this company too.
I only see two handmaidens on there out of hundreds of posts.
Blackandwhitehorse · 16/03/2022 15:16

I’ve added my comment too, the more we speak up about this BS the better. Perhaps her brand can be kept afloat by the handmaidens, there seem to be a lot of them.
Would have actually used this company too.

PurgatoryOfPotholes · 16/03/2022 15:09

She must be certain that young women will buy her product because they appreciate her attempt to lump all possible customers together as bleeders.

Perhaps she's right.

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Evasmissingletter · 16/03/2022 15:02

How offensive and dehumanizing .She’s been taking business advice from Gerald Ratner! Grin

MarshaBradyo · 16/03/2022 14:59

Thanks Smile

DameHelena · 16/03/2022 14:55

MarshaBradyo, on Instagram itself.

MarshaBradyo · 16/03/2022 14:45

@DameHelena

That statement Hmm

We also understand there are many women who don’t have periods and some people who menstruate who are not women.

By the second half of that statement she can only mean girls, surely? innocent face

The comments (with the odd exception) are having none of it. I've added mine.

Where are you seeing comments? I must be missing them
DameHelena · 16/03/2022 14:42

That statement Hmm

We also understand there are many women who don’t have periods and some people who menstruate who are not women.

By the second half of that statement she can only mean girls, surely? innocent face

The comments (with the odd exception) are having none of it. I've added mine.

VelvetChairGirl · 16/03/2022 14:31

She'd better delete this if she wants to go down this path.

"Most bleeders know how they are impacted by their period"
MumThatsNotFair · 16/03/2022 14:26

Website Statement ends with: Join the conversation.

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VelvetChairGirl · 16/03/2022 14:24

I recently referred to women as ‘bleeders’, but also in the same post used ‘women’. I used the word ‘bleeders’ for our new campaign ‘Ride your cycle’ as I feel it best describes the point we are trying to make; that ‘menstrual health’ is so much more than the days you bleed.

Yes I think my friend is so much more then her weight, thats why I call her fatty mcfatface.

We recognise the menstrual cycle is a biological function. We should be proud of this cycle, of bleeding from our uterus, it’s what makes us different. So we want to have this conversation, to bust the social stigma of talking about it publicly.

bleeding from the uterus is normally caused by polyps or fibroids and needs looking at by a doctor.

We strongly believe all women, girls and people with a menstrual cycle should feel welcome at Yoppie. We also understand there are many women who don’t have periods and some people who menstruate who are not women. We’re proud to host a safe space for anyone wishing to take charge of their menstrual health.

theres one word she could have used to cover all those groups I think it starts with an F, and girls dont menstruate until a certain age, she knows that and women who dont have periods will not be buying period products.

the rest of it is just the sounds of a shovel digging.

Chersfrozenface · 16/03/2022 14:10

Well, you reimagine away, mate. Those women and girls who have to, will deal with their periods using someone else's products

Dinosaurhearmeroar · 16/03/2022 14:07

ah so that's what i am - not woman, not female; a bleeder. Thanks!

Rabbitpoop · 16/03/2022 13:38

Exactly what I was going to say. Most of what she says makes no sense. We're going to "reimagine" the menstrual cycle. wtf?

SierraSapphire · 16/03/2022 13:30

@ohCARP

Statement from Daniella Peri in response:

yoppie.com/blog/statement-from-daniella-peri

🙄

It’s word salad!
ComDummings · 16/03/2022 13:24

Bleeders 🤮

MarshaBradyo · 16/03/2022 13:23

@Blackandwhitehorse

She’s doubled down - see latest Instagram post.

Odd way to run your company, ignore your actual customer base.

People generally do.

Very frustrating

Blackandwhitehorse · 16/03/2022 13:22

She’s doubled down - see latest Instagram post.

Odd way to run your company, ignore your actual customer base.

ohCARP · 16/03/2022 13:20

Statement from Daniella Peri in response:

yoppie.com/blog/statement-from-daniella-peri

🙄

ErrolTheDragon · 16/03/2022 12:28

@Dianaofthelakeofshiningwaters

Will tell DH as he goes for a bike ride once a month ergo he "experiences a monthly cycle" Grin
He might well at least sometimes have cramps or even bleed as a result.
tanstaafl · 16/03/2022 12:25

@TheCovidHalfStone

I’m looking forward to the toilet roll manufacturers following suit.
Brilliant