Yoga Instructor ‘Free Bleeds’ Through Her Yoga Pants, Because Women Being Disgusting Is Empowering. Or Something.

I have said this so many times that I’ve lost track. Feminists make NO SENSE AT ALL.

The latest big “female empowerment” move? Bleeding through your yoga pants while on your period. Because… being hygienic during your period is somehow shameful?

Again, feminism, zero sense, welcome to it.

According to that sourcelink, a yoga instructor named Steph Gongora posted a video to her Instagram page of herself in white yoga pants with a great big red spot on her crotch and a tirade about “HEY, I’M ON MY PERIOD! I’M EMPOWERED! (also starved for attention) LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”

Here’s the post. You’ve been warned –

I am a woman, therefore, I bleed. . It’s messy, it’s painful, it’s terrible, & it’s beautiful. . And yet, you wouldn’t know. Because I hide it. . I bury things at the bottom of the trash. I breathe, ragged and awkward through the cramps, all the while holding onto this tight lipped, painted on smile. . Tampons? What are those. We don’t say those words out loud. Hide them. In the back pocket of your purse, in the corner of the bathroom drawer, at the very bottom of your shopping cart (please let me get a female cashier). . Events or engagements get missed. I’ll tell myself it’s the PMS, sure, but it has more to with the risk of being “caught,” at what…I’m not quite sure. . And I’m lucky. . Over 100 million young women around the globe miss school or work for lack of adequate menstrual supplies, & fear of what might happen if the world witnesses A NATURAL BODILY FUNCTION. . WHY? . Because hundreds of years of culture have made us embarrassed to bleed. Have left us feeling dirty and ashamed. . STOP PRETENDING. Stop using silly pet names like Aunt Flo because you’re too afraid to say “I’m bleeding” or “vagina.” Stop wasting so much effort hiding the very thing that gives this species continuity. . START talking about it. Educate your daughters. Make them understand that it can be both an inconvenience and a gift, but NEVER something to be ashamed about. Educate your sons so they don’t recoil from the word tampon. So when a girl bleeds through her khaki shorts in third period (pun intended), they don’t perpetuate the cycle of shame and intolerance. . This #StartSomethingSunday , I want to highlight @corawomen . . Cora Women is a 100% Organic tampon company. . But that’s not all. They are also breaking barriers. Making it ok to talk about periods, even on social media. Providing personalized, delivered tampon/pad orders right to your door. AND for every box purchased, donating a box of sustainable pads to girls who can’t afford menstruation products. . Fuck yeah. That’s the kind of stuff I can galvanize behind, no money or even product needed. Just a mission I support on a topic we should ALL be talking about. . More ⬇️

A video posted by Steph Gongora (@casa_colibri) on Feb 5, 2017 at 11:06am PST

You know what else is natural? Peeing and pooping. Why should we feel shame about these natural bodily functions? Why run to the restroom every time nature calls? Let’s just pee and poop our pants and parade around proudly that we are humans and humans sometimes do gross things and why be ashamed of it?

If you think that line of thinking is ridiculous (not to mention completely disgusting), CONGRATULATIONS! You’re a normal human being.

That’s EXACTLY what this “free bleeding” menstruation thing is. Yes, periods are natural. That doesn’t mean I want to advertise my natural-yet-unsanitary bodily functions in public. Good grief – people freak out if they see a tissue left behind after someone had a bloody nose (and given the diseases that can be spread through blood, there is a very good reason for that!)

Also – I have no idea where this stupid idea comes from that males freak out if they hear the word “pad” or “tampon” or other period-related things. Maybe immature teenage boys snicker about it (because, teenage boys – but then again, teen girls make fun of them when their voices crack, so it goes both ways). But grown men? If an adult man gets squicky because his wife or girlfriend or sister or other female friend or whoever is on her period, but she’s handling it like she actually has some self-respect, he clearly needs to go back to high school. I’ve had male friends and relatives tell me that a dude being stupid about periods is a surefire sign that dude has no business even talking to a woman, much less dating her or having any kind of adult relationship with her.

So it ought to be with women and our periods. If women can’t handle associating with others while she’s on her period and has to make a big deal about her time of the month, then she really ought to just stay in her house and avoid all human contact until it’s over. Her body may be physically mature, but mentally and emotionally, she’s at the same level as a thirteen-year-old boy. And no, I don’t have a problem with saying so. And yes, I am being judgmental about it. Because I’ve had periods and they are no fun, but I deal with it and I don’t gross out everyone around me. Again – because I have a sense of self-respect. If I can handle it, so should other women. Is that seriously too much to ask?

(In this day and age, I already know the answer to that. Sadly.)

Ladies, there is nothing “empowering” about publicizing your period and shoving it in everyone’s face. At best, people just think you’re weird. At worst, you’re making all other women look as bat-guano-insane as you are. And nobody wants that.

Feminism has become nothing more than reducing women to our bases physical parts in the most vulgar way possible. None of this is endearing to others and it makes women look and sound like complete morons.

Then again, this is the movement that thought this was a legitimate protest –

I am embarrassed to share a gender with these creatures, quite honestly.