Period poverty / 'bleeders'

[Beagadorsrock]

"
❤️Jane Austen was a Super Plus fan, Lizzie preferred a Mooncup + Emma didn't leave Hartfield without her Thinx. But some bleeders in the UK can't afford sanitary products, imagine the scandal at the ball!💃🏽 Donate to @bloodygood__ this Festive Period & help someone's #flowhoho❣️"

twitter.com/ladycariad/status/1072068738147631104

Very disappointing. I can't believe we are back in the Middle Ages so comprehensively.
And no, using 'bleeder' is not "more inclusive" because it includes trans men. It is massively, massively reducing women to a (distasteful and historically considered 'impure') bodily function.

Can I start referring to men as "standuppissers"?

[ArcheryAnnie]

I don't mind a jokey account at all - I can easily imagine it was something that takes the embarrassment out of talking about periods at all for some young women. I didn't even pick up on the "bleeders" thing - even though I've hated it in other contexts - because I took it as a pun on the "you little bleeders" sense of the word.

But their reaction - ugh. And the idea that all the women who complain are not donators so they don't care - who do they think have set up all the other services? I regularly donate to the boxes in the loos at my local refugee welcome service (in a building I visit for other reasons, so I use the loos there). Most women I know who give to foodbanks buy towels, etc. MyBloodyPeriod are not the be-all and end-all - or even the pioneers - of period poverty work.

I've met them at events and thought they were nice, so this is pretty disappointing.

[welshgendercrit]

Living as I do in the rural wilds, I'd never heard of Bloody Good Period before yesterday, but I must admit I find even the name of the charity off-putting. I can't ever remember having a bloody good period in my life, just ones which were messy, often painful and always inconvenient. I applaud what they are trying to do, but feel that they show little awareness of the reality of life for the women they are trying to help and a hyper-sensitivity to criticism which seems immature and counterproductive. I think I'll just go on donating sanpro to my local foodbank.

[silentcrow]

If you're looking for an alternative may I suggest redboxproject.org/ - I'm not linked to them in any way, I just think they're worth a look. I found out about them as one started near me. They do refer to "young people" and "students" on their front page but the rest of the site is clearly talking about girls; I can appreciate them having to tread a fine line (much as I wish they'd come right out and use the correct words). They're looking for volunteers as well as donations. As far as I'm aware there's very little nonsense here and will be sad to be proved wrong.

[welshgendercrit]

Thanks, silentcrow. That looks like a very sensible project to support.

[stillathing]

my DC's primary school is very successful in gathering families of all faiths and none in their local church for the school nativity every year. they hold meetings for new non christian families to answer any concerns they might have about being in a church and the result is that almost everybody attends.

as you can see, they need to be sensitive to the various different faiths and cultures. i am going to suggest in the future that they use the new inclusive term "sinners" to cover all the different faiths that might be present.

[ChiaraRimini]

We are all sinners, stillathing, whether Christian or not.
How about "heathens" instead?

[stillathing]

We are all sinners, stillathing, whether Christian or not.
How about "heathens" instead?

that was my point Chiara! the three major religions all have the concept of sin, as does non religious culture and even bloody weight watchers! we are all sinners, be it chocolate cake, anal sex or wanting something my neighbour owns, hence it is an inclusive term helpful for describing a multifaith group visiting a church.

[VickyEadie]

I haven't had a reply to my email to Gabby, despite sending it yesterday. I wonder if (a) she's just ignoring (in which case, poor PR there, Gabby and your organisation) or (b) all hell broke loose last night and they're in lockdown, damage limitation mode.

[Pennydrew142]

VickyEadie

Gosh, aren’t I incredibly honoured to receive two bitchy dismissive emails then

[VickyEadie]

Pennydrew142

Indeed!

[BlindYeo]

Bleeders???? How unbelievably offensive. Fuck off with that.

So a bloke in a dress is a woman, and a woman having a period is a bleeder? FUCKING OUTRAGEOUS.

Can they not see how stupid and offensive this is? Playing right into the hands of MRAs - women aren't to be called women anymore and this stupid tweet meekly obeys. I can't believe we're having to fight for our fucking NOUN. While men of course get to keep theirs. And their sex-segregated bogs.

It's just a group of men trying to get us under control again. On the sex front, violent porn is doing its worst. On the social front TRAs are attempting to invade sex-segregated spaces and steal the very word that defines us as a class. We will never be able to relax and say job done, will we? So fucking depressing. I'm still fighting though.

[Pennydrew142]

I showed my teenage daughter this bleeders nonsense, she was outraged and disgusted!

[Cherries101]

Women are women. Differentiating them based on whether they bleed or not will not give anyone better rights.

[SunsetBeetch]

Gobby is a cocky so and so. She's one step away from a Ratner's moment.

[WeeBisom]

"Bleeders" is a depressingly dehumanising term that ACTUALLY reduces women to their biological functions. It's also really unclear. It's not obvious that 'bleeders' only refers to women who are menstruating - it could refer to someone who has cut themself, or just any creature which is capable of bleeding. So their ridiculously woke terminology isn't even precise.

[HestiaParthenos]

So their ridiculously woke terminology isn't even precise.

Isn't that the point of woke terminology? To be so confusing no one even knows what they are talking about anymore?

[SunsetBeetch]

So woke she basically says we just need a good shag. How feminist of her.

[Theperfectchangeling]

Oooh yay! What we need ladies is a good bit of faux cock! Wonderful, so now we are just “bleeders” who need a vibrator up our fannies to calm down. Well well, it just gets better and better.

Is she actually a bloke?

[Theperfectchangeling]

“Isn't that the point of woke terminology? To be so confusing no one even knows what they are talking about anymore?”

Actually Lol’d at this...

[Theperfectchangeling]

Anyway, I’ll pass on the faux cock thanks Gabby, I have a perfectly good ‘ejaculator’ at home to help keep me in my place...

[AssassinatedBeauty]

Is she aware her internalised misogyny is showing?! That comment about vibrators is just so ridiculous.

[EeebyMum]

Wow she’s a real charmer

[littlbrowndog]

So we just need a shag then we will shut up 🤐
Erm that’s the sort of things men say

[littlbrowndog]

Not even a shag. A wank