Women are now live-tweeting their menstruation woes under the hashtag #livetweetyourperiod.
Aunty Flo, a visit from granny, code red – whatever you like to call it – we can all agree that THAT time of the month can be testing.
Whether it’s bloating, acne, the munchies or mood swings, women have taken to Twitter in their droves to share their experiences.
The hashtag has been doing the rounds since May but took off this week after getting a mention in the New York Times.
The publication states: “Social media is saturated with images of hypersexualised women, but these are rarely considered as scandalous as content that dares to reveal how a woman’s body actually functions”.
Writer Jenna Wortham wrote that the hashtag could help “normalise, desexualise and destigmatise women’s reproductive health.”
We’re coming out in sympathy cramps just reading these…
The uber careful manoeuvre out of bed. #LiveTweetYourPeriod pic.twitter.com/qxIqY9bkGK
— Aileen Flanagan (@AileenFlan) June 23, 2015
When the Hulk goes into a vicious rage, he’s “incredible”; but when I do it, “I’m on my period” #LiveTweetYourPeriod
— Kristen Adam (@ardentlyaphotic) June 23, 2015
I feel like my uterus is pissed off with me and no amount of carbs is enough to make it up #LiveTweetYourPeriod
— Helen Harper (@HelenHarper) June 22, 2015
I need you to cuddle with me, until I get angry for no reason and need you to stop touching me #LiveTweetYourPeriod pic.twitter.com/qcHhRBWnze
— Little Alice (@LittleAlice06) June 22, 2015
just sent my boyfriend to the store for emergency bags of three different kinds of chocolate. #livetweetyourperiod
— Deanna ✨ (@Deanna_RVA) June 18, 2015
just sent my boyfriend to the store for emergency bags of three different kinds of chocolate. #livetweetyourperiod
— Deanna ✨ (@Deanna_RVA) June 18, 2015
I want cheese covered in liquor #livetweetyourperiod
— Tracy LaFway Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) May 16, 2015
