The whole pc social justice cause has taken us down the rabbit whole from the surreal into the realm of the absurd. From free bleeding to the Bruce Jenner freak show I do not know if I should laugh or cry, or perhaps do both.

Saw a woman a woman in hijab take out a left breast to suckle an infant in a bistro!

‘I was going through all these crazy thoughts and analyzing whether I was … a crazy chick who needs just to calm down and reach for an effing tampon,’ she confesses.

Spoiler alert: she is.

Brilliant! This is the way to combat the femininazis. We don’t need all that embarrassing betamale squeaking about men’s rights.This is the way to go. Luv it!. We should be able to apply the same technique to the entire leftist agenda. These people are easy to fool.

Women should never be on the front line.

Disgusting !!!

This piece is problematic. Take it down.

So did this Harvard MBA feminist also urinate and defecate in her already soiled pants to reinforce not only her credentials but also her utter stupidity? Her infantile behaviour would suggest that she should go back to wearing nappies.

Yet another reason to send your kids to a public ivy. What a freak.

An embarrassing use of phrase, then, but it could be argued that she was ‘reclaiming’, or simply ‘claiming’, it. I do not think it’s right to consider periods ‘disgusting’, ‘gross’, this is all rather too similar to the language used in the Quran, which describes periods as so unclean that women must be ‘purified from them’, before it is right to see or speak to them! (Qur’an 2:222) Periods are a natural fact of everyday life, and we are lucky in that they are accepted as such by the huge corporations we love to hate, who have in fact ensured it is possible for women and girls to go about their periods without trouble. What ought to be given more media attention is the lack of available/affordable sanitary products for women in developing countries, and the consequential monthly days off from school so many girls lose. To reject the sanitary items we are so privileged to have access to is somewhat insulting, as is the call for sanitary items to be made free or tax-free in the UK. You can pick up 28 for £2.00 at Tesco.

Why didn’t she also smear feces on her face? Poor mentally ill feminist.

I would think that wet knickers would chafe as much as a pad.

period blood is not the same as faeces by the way gents.
Perhaps you should stick a tampon up your backsides and walk around with it all day.
Just to check out the comfort level.
Mind you when you have prostate trouble you will be in nappies.

Only those at elite universities with the world at their feet and no worries of life in the real world could expend their time and energy on this new form of militant feminism. If they had a job, money worries and not their parents cushioning them, they might gain more perspective on the world and what are real struggles and what are first-world, indulgent ones.

I thought it was a clever/shocking demonstration of the way women’s bodies processes are kept “secret” from the patriarchal society we live in. For other examples see breastfeeding and PMS.

God 4chan is sociopathic. Entirely inevitably, completely white and male.

Shocking what 1600 years of Christian misogyny and neuro atypicality can do to people.

“Can she really not work out the logic of why it is that over the years we’ve developed certain conventions about the public display of bodily fluids and functions”

Say the male marathon runners in between peeing by the road and wiping sweat from their free flowing armpits.

Can’t say I have ever heard of Ms Gandhi. But if she runs a marathon during her
post-ovulation bleeding which she shouldn’t for health reasons, and visibly bleeds, that must be most disgusting for say 99.9% of people, both female and male.

I’m not at all athletic, exercise is not good for you after all and is a waste of time and energy, but I understand that pushed to extremes, both male and female athletes begin to “water” other body fluids and what-not, both back and front, which is why many athletes, not just post-ovulating ones, wear nappies.

I would strongly Ms Ghandi, whoever she is, to note that!

“Can she really not work out the logic of why it is that over the years we’ve developed certain conventions about the public display of bodily fluids and functions”

Yes I expect she can. What with it not being a difficult thought to have.

The question is, can you not work out the logic of why it is men can bleed, hoc, sweat, spit and pee with relative impunity in public and certainly with no social stigma, while women cannot?

Why it is that men may fart, grow hair on their bodies, loudly blow their noses and inspect it, pick their ears and noses, cut their nails, drink alcohol, eat on the tube, sit with their legs akimbo, bend over, scratch their genit*ls, lie down on public benches, shout, swear, ride their bikes on pavements, walk in unerringly straight lines, go topless, show their secondary s*xual characteristics, have s*x, send d*ck pics to potential dates, visit s*x clubs, use prostitut*s, go out after dark, talk and talk and talk in the meetings, in the press, in the media, in the legislature and generally take up their space in the world, plus some of ours, while women are stigmatised to within an inch of their lives for the same?

And why it is men don’t think it matters?

I love this. What upsets me is that the winner of the marathon. A WOMAN! was totally upstaged on a publicity stunt. Tigist Tufa’s achievement was of no interest to anyone. All that crap about feminists and mysogany is stupid. People wanted sensation and they got it. The real feminine accomplishment was ignored.

I’ve been hard pressed not to laugh out loud reading this.

It confirms one thing I’ve thought for a while now – the true cause of these idiots’ sense of oppression is their willingness to follow ridiculous fashionable trends and not think for themselves.

After all, who buys the magazines with ridiculous body images dispalyed in adverts? Women do. Their men don’t buy them and say “look – you need to look like this or I’m dumping you”

The feminists fight the magazines, but not the gullibility within themselves which is the true cause of their problems – as this article manifestly demonstrates.

People need to get a grip and realise that what’s fashionable is NOT what’s imperative.

Collectively some of the most stupid people on th3 planet have PhD’s.

I would look at all of your reactions and wonder if that was not the point entirely…she is an educated lady who is making a point, not falling for some weird social media satire? She probably never heard of it as a ‘movement’ or intended a general move towards women doing so. You can’t really divide the way women are made to feel about their bodies in general from the way women are made to feel about their periods. Yeah, men have practical issues with their body which are disgusting, gas/BO whatever, but in their case there is more of a humor about it despite the disgusting nature of it. Women have to be pretty, they have to protect you from even the knowledge that they could even fart…she is saying ‘I don’t care,’ you are all shocked she doesn’t care? That was the point. So saying the point fell flat is a bit fucking stupid. Maybe ‘feminism’ is a bit formal for something which is literally about breaking the glass ceiling of what it means to be culturally female (i.e., by not being feminine and cute) while also being biologically very much female. Is that what really irks you? That she is both what you interpret to be female but also not performing her identity as a woman effectively? You have all talked me into believing she is a lot more clever than I had previously even considered.

women end up wearing sweaty plastic panty pads every single day “just in case”. That leads to discomfort and infections.

If society was more adult about it all women would live more comfortable and healthier lives.

Or live at all.
From the BBC

“Natasha Scott-Falber, 14, from Caerwent, Monmouthshire, died in her sleep in 2013 and thought she had been recovering from a sickness bug.

Her mother said she had been unaware of the symptoms of toxic shock syndrome, which can affect those wearing tampons.

AM William Graham is backing the campaign.

According to advice from NHS Choices, toxic shock syndrome (TSS) can affect men, women and children, and it can be caused by insect bites or burns.

But for reasons that are still not understood, a significant proportion of cases occur in women who are on their period and using a tampon, and particularly those designed to be “super absorbent”.

Doctors say the risk of toxic shock syndrome is greater in young people.”
So DONT make girls so shamed they lose their very lives.

I am rather appalled at the level of bad journalism here.

The ‘movement of flowing free’ may well have been a ‘hoax’ in terms of it’s use by 4chan in 2014 but it has been an established tradition in the ‘alternative’ scene such as the “red tent movement’. However, whether or not it was a hoax in it’s use on social media sites in 2014 is rather besides the point, as it has been used as a movement and indigenous authenticity is not an argument for or against whether something is a valid form of demonstration.

More pertinently he seems unable to read what Gandhi has to say regarding her demonstration beyond the point where she talks about her experience of the run itself, and so misses the point of it completely.

According to Gandhi the reason she did this was to raise awareness of women in third world countries who do not have access to sanitary products, like tampons, becuase the shame around menstruation is preventing serious discourse about this – an issue with serious consequences.

In her own words:

“Consider how women in developing nations are affected by period secrecy and taboo. Our culture tells them to hide their monthly flow, despite the fact that the ways to clean it up are either unsustainable or unaffordable. Even women who are able to use pieces of cloth to absorb blood don’t always have private places at school or at work to change them out. As a result, they choose skipping school or work as a better, less shameful alternative.

Many Indian girls are not taught about proper menstrual hygiene. According to the online platform Menstrual Hygiene Day, 43-88% of girls in urban India use reusable cloth for their periods but these are often washed without soap or clean water, which can negatively affect reproductive health. Up to 70% of all reproductive diseases in India are caused by poor menstrual hygiene. In rural India, many women and girls use unsanitary materials such as old rags, husks, dried leaves, grass, ash, sand or newspapers because they do not have access to affordable, hygienic and safe products and facilities”

Delingpole is far too modest- most marathon runners are outspoken Greens, and the Free Bleeding fiasco is an obvious blowback from the latest salient in the Climate Wars;

Delingpole’s own “Green on the outside, Red on the inside” Watermelons campaign.

http://vvattsupwiththat.blogspot.com/2015/08/will-climate-change-lead-to-vegan.html

Is it possible she made the story up about doing it on purpose?? Accidents happen.. I worked in groceries for 15 years, from teenage bagger, to management.. I never once saw a cashier or bagger crack a smile when ringing up or bagging sanitary products. I did however see some customers, usually younger, that seemed to be a bit embarrassed.. I have purchased, and seen many boyfriends and husbands purchase them without shame..

men have suffered painful bleeding from nipples during marathons because of chaffing. I would think chaffing from tampons and pads could have painful consequences and it’s not like she planned the marathon to coincide with their period (who does that?!). It’s likely that it was a split second decision before the run and not due to any weirdo ‘free bleeding’ trend. It’s just life, get over it.

Free bleeding dates back to 2004 online:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/free-bleeding

4chan just convinced SJWs to make it big.