Hey all you lovely people who have periods, the world is starting to look a little bit brighter now that certain tampon/pad companies have started to allow people to receive small kits and samples of pads, maxi pads, liner, and tampons for free. And I mean 100% free and discreet. You just have to give them your address and name, and bam! You’ve got all the menstrual cycle products you could ever need for no cost. Links below!
I feel like the line between “fluffy uwu self care” and “get your shit together self care” is thinner than people seem to think. Like, sitting in a quiet space with a book and maybe some twinkly fairy lights gives me the spoons to go call my damn doctor like I’ve been meaning to. Bath bombs or shower steamers make me feel content and/or sparkly, which gives me confidence to go out in public. (Plus, I bathed.) I dye my hair funky colors so if I feel like people are staring at me I can say it’s at that instead of whatever my anxiety wants it to be.
The two are not mutually exclusive, is what I’m getting at, and I never see that mentioned, just either “self care is being nice to yourself” or “self care is kicking yourself in the ass to function for a few hours”. Kick yourself in the ass with niceness.
any woman ever: *complains about fashion industry issues with womens clothing, ie sheer fabric, no pockets, expensive* some jackass EVERY. TIME: “just buy mens clothes”
stop this.
seriously stop and shut the fuck up.
we’re allowed to want typical womens clothing, and we’re allowed to
want it to be AFFORDABLE and FUNCTIONAL and also feminine-coded.
not all of us even CAN wear most mens clothes, our bodies just aren’t going to cooperate
for others it’s dysphoric to even try
stop fucking suggesting this as some kind of genius solution. if it
works for YOU, great, but STOP throwing it out as a magical fix when we
bemoan the troubles of femme fashion
Alexis 