This uh….. ornament? Found at a thrift store in Australia.

Hello, may i have your attention? I must say that I am currently experiencing Premenstrual Syndrome, and feeling quite incensed as a result. However, what I am currently vexed by is all of the people who have, in the past, tried to deny that I and other transfeminine people experience such symptoms. I know it is most unlady-like, but I would wish to give those people a stern talking to, and perhaps even turn the other cheek (But not in the manner of our Lord Jesus, for I am ne'er as great as he.)

bikini kill performing at Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA, October 10, 1992. with Pansy Division, Tribe 8, Winona Ryders, and PMS. photos by Convertido Photography.

whoever thought that it would be a really funny joke to give me a uterus when i was being manufactured should be fired promptly and swiftly lest i arrive at their residence

Okayyyy so a really weird and random question. But like say y/n was bfab. How would orca! Eclipse react to them getting their time of the month would he be angry thinking they got hurt or would he try and help them

He would smell blood once he was close enough and quickly become alarmed when catching the slightest strain in your expression from cramping. He'd demand to know where you hurt. How did you get hurt??

You'd have to then awkwardly explain that it's normal to hurt and to bleed at this time of month. He would listen, equally angry and fascinated. He can't kill the source of your suffering, but he's more than willing to help you relax and get comfortable, preferably with him singing softly to you and cuddling up close. He's also concerned because bleeding signifies injury and weakness; essentially, an easy meal. It might alert/lead predators to you, and he will protect his birdie! He won't let anything get you—aside from himself, that is.

me forgetting about pms every 28 days: why do i want to tear the sun from the sky and beat the shit out of the earth with it ? this isn't like me. what gives !

No wonder.

You ever get really depressed and want to rot in your bed, and think everyone hates you, and feel the worst you’ve ever felt, and then your period starts…. Just asking for….. a….. friend.

I’m so tired of my own emotions

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Help! My Girlfriend Didn't Appreciate The Awesome Present I Gave her

Dear Prudence, Slate, 9 January 2023:

Dear Prudence, 

My girlfriend thinks I’m trying to undermine her. How do I prove to her I’m not? My girlfriend “Katie” (33F) and I (30M) have been dating for three months, and so far it had been going very well. I even thought we could become very serious. However, something has changed, and I’m worried that she’s getting cold feet.

This all started a few days ago, when my parents dropped by my place to chat. Katie was in the kitchen, making the two of us dinner. My parents and Katie have met a couple of times before, and they seem to get along. Additionally, Katie’s normally very calm and easygoing. However, when my mom walked into the kitchen to help out, Katie seemed to become irritated. She said that she “prefers to cook alone,” and when my mom grabbed a knife and some carrots and started to chop them up for her, Katie asked her not to cut them because they have to be cut “a certain way.” Katie told my mom that she didn’t want help and demanded that she go back into the living room area.

I’d never seen Katie this upset, and I wasn’t happy with how she treated my mom. When my mom left the kitchen, I hugged her and said, “Sorry about that.” I asked Katie what was going on and she said nothing, but at the time, I was alarmed and suspicious. Later that evening, I had to get some groceries, and while I was at the supermarket, I decided to pick up some Midol as a nice gesture. I didn’t know if Katie was on her period, but knowing that she isn’t normally this irritable, it seemed possible to me and if she was, she might appreciate the gift. When I got back, Katie was watching the World Cup, and I silently placed the Midol on top of her bag. Katie gave me a weird look and asked why I had bought her Midol, and I said it was because of how she had acted with my mother earlier.

Katie did not like this explanation. She said she was annoyed because she didn’t want someone interfering with her cooking, not because she was on her period. She said it made her think that I don’t take her feelings seriously and am trying to “undermine the legitimacy of her emotions.” I explained that this wasn’t true, but I don’t know if she believed me. I think the damage might have been done. How can I salvage the relationship and win back Katie’s trust? — Midol Mishap

Dear Midol Mishap,

Does Katie usually have a problem with self-soothing, or does it mostly happen during meals where people enter her space uninvited and intentionally disregard her stated preferences when she tends to act out like this? Does bedtime/bathtime usually go okay? Can you drop her off at the office without tears and a tantrum? Figuring out the answer to this question will reveal the extent to which this relationship can be salvaged, but I think you're in for an uphill battle if silently leaving a box of bitch pills on a woman's purse doesn't have her running back into your arms with relief and appreciation for the thoughtful care you showed her while she was being a real cunt.

Usually women appreciate being told that their emotions are wrong, and welcome thoughtful explanations from men about how the things they have felt and experienced are incorrect due to being incongruent with a man's feelings and experiences. But some women, and it sounds like Katie might be one of them, lack the self-awareness necessary to recognize that the things they believe they think they interpret as being insulting, disrespectful, and patronizing are not that way because some dude somewhere said so.

It might be worth opening up a dialogue with your mother about how to handle Katie; I don't mean to suggest that all women are the same (that would be sexist, yikes!) but you have both experienced what it is like to be under the thumb of someone as cruel and controlling as Katie, and you may be able to offer each other some comfort while you figure out how to get the woman you've been fucking for three months back on the right path, in terms of her behavior and emotional regulation. Meds are a great start — Midol is an absolute miracle drug for shutting down an ungrateful cow — but you can't just crush it up over Katie's ice cream every night.

The right solution is going to necessarily involve some effort on Katie's part to tell you only what you want to hear and agree with everything you say, and she might just not be mature enough to do that kind of hard internal work right now. A lot of people wouldn't — they'd say they have a right to assert boundaries, be taken seriously as full human beings, and not have their legitimate concerns belittled as mere hormonal hysterics of an unstable female — but it's possible Katie is capable of real change. The next time she has one of her little episodes, try using a little babydoll to coax Katie into seeing what a silly little monkey she's being when she rejects the precious opportunity to bond with your sweet mama by letting her do whatever she wants no matter what. Katie could speak directly to the doll about how she believes she thinks feels until she's ready to express the emotions you want her to have.

If you try this, you might want to wait until after dinner, when the knives are put away, just in case. Best of luck, dear boy!

do i need a trip to the psych ward or am i just about to get my period? stay tuned to find out!!

I just want to give him my chocolate and midol and a heat pack and make his brothers do the dishes and see if that doesn't fix Liu Kang's entire timeline

I feel like I'm losing my mind. Like this has to be a thing right? It's a thing I experience at least. Please please please tell me abt ur experience if u do 🙏

I’m so not the happiest girl in the world rn

not to brag but i experience the luteal phase in a much more fucked up and horrifying way than you 😌