This woman ran the London Marathon bleeding freely

kevin
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This woman ran the London Marathon bleeding freely Aug 3, 2015 23:38:46 GMT -5

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Post by kevin on Aug 3, 2015 23:38:46 GMT -5

"I decided to just take some midol, hope I wouldn’t cramp, bleed freely and just run.

A marathon in itself is a centuries old symbolic act. Why not use it as a means to draw light to my sisters who don’t have access to tampons and, despite cramping and pain, hide it away like it doesn’t exist?"

medium.com/absurdist/going-with-the-flow-blood-sisterhood-at-the-london-marathon-f719b98713e7

kevin God Posts: 150	This woman ran the London Marathon bleeding freely Aug 3, 2015 23:43:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kevin on Aug 3, 2015 23:43:36 GMT -5 Speaking of free bleeding, here's a Cosmo article on that: www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a41402/what-its-really-like-to-free-bleed-during-your-period/

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This woman ran the London Marathon bleeding freely Aug 5, 2015 17:00:25 GMT -5

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Post by kayo on Aug 5, 2015 17:00:25 GMT -5

She sure makes a lot more of it than I would. But then, I can't imagine making a societal statement about periods. Maybe here in the US we need a reminder every now and then that the rest of the world has a long way to go to catch up with us on some things, and on other things they are eons ahead of us.

This woman ran the London Marathon bleeding freely

Post by kevin on Aug 3, 2015 23:38:46 GMT -5

Post by kevin on Aug 3, 2015 23:43:36 GMT -5

Post by kayo on Aug 5, 2015 17:00:25 GMT -5