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Raych Jackson - Period Rules

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  • @katwc1469
    @katwc1469 5 років тому +4018

    one time i was opening an pad and the girl in the stall next to me said “you too?” we are now best friends

    • @gwennnn.h
      @gwennnn.h 4 роки тому +78

      Emma Duh 😂love that

    • @aubriethegreat8175
      @aubriethegreat8175 4 роки тому +50

      This makes me so happy!! 😊❤💕

    • @kannikakalavity4744
      @kannikakalavity4744 4 роки тому +17

      looool

    • @teapartyofthedead1727
      @teapartyofthedead1727 4 роки тому +24

      Wow glad that worked out for one person

    • @sophiajay9211
      @sophiajay9211 4 роки тому +35

      Emma Duh it’s the best when u in the stall next to somebody and u both reach for those mini trash cans at the same time😂😂

  • @cheristina
    @cheristina 7 років тому +11374

    'there's a marching band in every crinkle' Most accurate description.

    • @luigiisaleprechaun868
      @luigiisaleprechaun868 6 років тому +7

      cheristina rs yo

    • @Koanonymous
      @Koanonymous 6 років тому +9

      exactly

    • @christinekirkland3082
      @christinekirkland3082 6 років тому +37

      here's something I think could help with opening a pad in public: open it at home, put in a Ziploc bag or something. then use it when needed. no noise, no fear. you're welcome. 😎(idk)

    • @Mylifeasadumbgirl
      @Mylifeasadumbgirl 5 років тому +25

      Everyone in that bathroom goes through the same thing you do. Don’t be ashamed or embarrassed

    • @nickaylaferriss6323
      @nickaylaferriss6323 5 років тому +6

      So true it's unreal

  • @shaym.6224
    @shaym.6224 7 років тому +11067

    The hair, the tattoos, the strength with which this woman speaks... incredible.

    • @chayakent6070
      @chayakent6070 7 років тому +57

      Ultra Violet i think it's shaved ........

    • @shaym.6224
      @shaym.6224 7 років тому +94

      Ya'll 😂 good gracious. I'm saying the speaker's entire aura is incredible, and her shaved head only adds to the power she portrays.

    • @chayakent6070
      @chayakent6070 7 років тому +4

      Ultra Violet I didn't say that but someone said it was slicked back and I'm just saying it's shaved

    • @hardishpan
      @hardishpan 5 років тому

      Also Swiming costume

    • @taylor-pc7pu
      @taylor-pc7pu 5 років тому +2

      @Tired Siren ik im replying like one whole year later but like how tf do u see her hair as "slicked back" -

  • @pandabolt8815
    @pandabolt8815 4 роки тому +2119

    I was never good at subtlety and had a "teacher" moment myself when I went to the bathroom to change my pad before class and the teacher refused to give me permission to go. I went anyways. Came back and he tried to humiliate me in front of the whole class by asking why I ignored him and was so disrespectful. So I said very loudly and made sure I had everyones attention, "You mean when I went to the bathroom to prevent the blood from overflowing into my underwear and clothes? I'm sorry, your right I should ask you for permission to do basic self care because your delusional sense of authority is offended by the untimely disobedience of my period." He stuttered and and everyone stared and he tried to say, "Well, why didn't you tell me it was because of that?" I was like "I didn't realize you needed an update on my bodily functions, next time I'll be sure to include how heavy my flow is and the consistency of the bloody as it comes out too." Needless to say the man was speechless but I was still given detention. I get more mouthy when menstruating, and I was very apathetic as a teenager.

  • @theradicalace
    @theradicalace 6 років тому +5939

    i appreciate the use of the word "deadass" in a slam poem

  • @vh6772
    @vh6772 5 років тому +378

    Most girl: **Embarrassed about being on their period**
    Me: **Enters room** ANYONE GOT A PAD?!

    • @danaeemowly
      @danaeemowly 4 роки тому +20

      I could only wish I had your confidence.

    • @duck3746
      @duck3746 4 роки тому +25

      Girl I use my period as an excuse to get free food from my friends.

    • @tabea9691
      @tabea9691 4 роки тому +4

      Same!!
      U go girl. :P

    • @MSBAD-nu8jc
      @MSBAD-nu8jc 4 роки тому +8

      THAT'S TOTALLY ME

    • @leenashraf8212
      @leenashraf8212 3 роки тому +15

      I do that too💀I literally yelled out in class ‘anyone got a pad? My period started y’all’

  • @libraryofsera
    @libraryofsera 7 років тому +6916

    "if i have to whisper for a tampon best believe i won't be in that room" YES

  • @hollynicole9277
    @hollynicole9277 6 років тому +2996

    "blood is gross, let's not talk about this."
    *is messing around with boyfriend on period when he notices my tampon strong*
    *he immediately backs up*
    "Ew, it's a tampon."
    i told him i just wanted to cuddle because apparently i am viewed as disgusting for being a woman, and that's not right. I cried. It's not my fault I have to deal with guys saying shit like, "oh, she must be on her period" when I'm mad. Maybe if men understood what it feels like to be ashamed of bleeding out of their genitals, they'd get it.

    • @delaneym.7412
      @delaneym.7412 6 років тому +265

      Honey leeeeeave his ass if he's gonna act like that when he sees a simple tampon Stein

    • @singingpugs6190
      @singingpugs6190 5 років тому +152

      If he starts acting like there is a dead frog inside of that tampon he best be taught a lesson or be left behind.

    • @kalashnikitty000
      @kalashnikitty000 5 років тому +6

      Nah you're just salty

    • @coleravenwood2043
      @coleravenwood2043 5 років тому +143

      pookyy really nah you're just salty!!! Wth what wrong with you. She have a right to be upset her boyfriend hurt her in a way that all people who have a period understand.

    • @coleravenwood2043
      @coleravenwood2043 5 років тому +69

      I sorry that ur bf is little baby when it comes to this.

  • @brit9662
    @brit9662 7 років тому +3926

    My best friend once told me off - legitimately TOLD ME OFF - for taking my bag to the toilet. She chastised me for making it obvious. Like it would be the worst thing in the world for the three other girls in the room who go through exactly the same thing every month to know that I was going through it today. She felt that shame on my behalf and sat on it all the time I was out of the room, waiting on my return so she could blurt it out in a panic, intending to make me feel somehow in the wrong for discreetly getting on with my business not discreetly enough. I told her it would be more obvious if I took my pad out in front of them and waved it around on my way out.

    • @mossmiller8050
      @mossmiller8050 7 років тому +150

      brit gordon power to you! At my school all my friends and I joke about our period.
      One of us is feeling particularly uncomfortable and we'll ask her if she needs any chocolate or if she needs a pad. We're all in on it, and it's really nice. The boys of coarse are horrified.

    • @resilientwriter
      @resilientwriter 7 років тому +109

      Awe, that's ridiculous. I'm sorry you had to deal with unnecessary scolding. You do you!

    • @dev9284
      @dev9284 7 років тому +35

      cold one with the boys i relate to that im v open abt menstruation and like it doesn't bother my friends but like i can't say much to my family (also i love your icon it's v aesthetic and you seem like a cool dude i would wanna be friends with tbh)

    • @fatimahdez6368
      @fatimahdez6368 7 років тому +14

      cold one with the boys badass

    • @sydneycampbell7060
      @sydneycampbell7060 6 років тому +57

      I was in one of my classes and I asked to go to the bathroom and of course I took my bag with me. mind you its a small cross body bag that I always wear during my period and never take off at school so if I have to go to the bathroom I don't take it off my chair and then put it on. anyway so I stand up and start to walk out when a boy in my class loudly whisper-yells that I don't need to take my bag to the bathroom. I'm probably just going to be talking with one of my friends. then as I got very red in embarrassment a boy in my class who I have a crush on stood up told the guys off saying I can do whatever I want and pointed to the hanging thing where are phone have to be for class. and pointed out that my phone was there.

  • @aestheticallymichelle2992
    @aestheticallymichelle2992 7 років тому +7604

    This was so good. Deadass finna be talking about tampons like men talk ABOUT sex.
    Edit: 1k likes? Damn thanks guys

    • @moonfilmphoto
      @moonfilmphoto 6 років тому +5

      Hello:) my name is Anna and I have my own poetry channel, I shoot contemporary poets on video. My channel is currently underdeveloped, but it may be interesting for you to introduce your subscribers to Russian poetry. Have a nice day!

    • @keymi6550
      @keymi6550 6 років тому +18

      FACTS

    • @ChristianM1993
      @ChristianM1993 6 років тому +31

      Aesthetically Michelle Doooooooo iiiiiiit. If they can't handle it, they need to grow the fuck up.

    • @fis8364
      @fis8364 6 років тому +12

      PREACH GIRL

    • @josep9016
      @josep9016 6 років тому +1

      Mm

  • @jaimeeashley
    @jaimeeashley 7 років тому +3080

    love the way she presents this, her voice and expressions are so engaging and love her poem, so witty, funny and clever.

  • @maiab2775
    @maiab2775 5 років тому +351

    When I was at camp the entire time the boys would be talking about how big their junk is and what they can do with it, one night when I was in my tent with my girls I asked my friend "do you have your period stuff?" and the boys in the tent beside us freaked...out. Excuse me?? Grow the hell up! This powerful woman just said everything I was thinking in that moment

  • @pandora8427
    @pandora8427 6 років тому +468

    Yo, the marching band of crinkles I CANT literally there is no hiding that....

    • @Zaymonia
      @Zaymonia 4 роки тому +2

      Same
      And by the way nice name and picture

    • @elyanguerin2317
      @elyanguerin2317 4 роки тому +1

      Tru just as dan could never hide his gorgeous dimples

  • @stupidname3627
    @stupidname3627 6 років тому +525

    To tell you the truth the only reason i hide being on my period is because i don't want people to think that its affecting my decisions or moods. like what they do isn't offensive just because im on my period. but the last line of this poem got me. it LANDED!

  • @ChristianM1993
    @ChristianM1993 7 років тому +3423

    If you're so mentally feeble you can't handle a woman saying she's on her period, you're bringing us down as a population. It's not that bad. The word, that is. The cycle, however, I hear is hell. Half the time I feel I should apologize for my weaker male counterparts for their insensitivity.

    • @mossmiller8050
      @mossmiller8050 7 років тому +138

      Michael Mauney your words can make any girl swoon. Seriously, there's power in the words "have no shame" it even makes me blush. You're amazing, thank you.

    • @mossmiller8050
      @mossmiller8050 7 років тому +104

      Michael Mauney and it is hell, most definitely. When I first got cramps I thought it was food poisoning and I asked my mom about it and she told me it was _supposed_ to feel like you've been repeatedly kicked in the stomach.

    • @xxmakeuplover05xx
      @xxmakeuplover05xx 7 років тому +63

      Michael Mauney, we need more guys like you. I can't believe something that happens to 50% of our population has so much stigma around it. And I'm tired of feeling embarrassed when I'm doubled over in pain from cramps that make me wanna throw up but I have to go about my day as if nothing is wrong.

    • @stormcloudsabound
      @stormcloudsabound 7 років тому +13

      Don't loop in "mentally feeble" as a negative descriptor, people who ARE "mentally feeble" don't all hate periods. Can't believe I have to say that shit. Just call them what they are, insensitive.

    • @Kumikoete
      @Kumikoete 6 років тому +12

      You're a pretty cool dude.

  • @lowisize
    @lowisize 6 років тому +669

    I shouted at a boy in my school when him and his friends were pushing eachother and he hit me. He responded with “are you in your period?”, I wasn’t btw, so I just said “do you know my menstrual cycle? As if me being upset about being disrespected has to have something to do with my period 👌.

    • @thischannelistrash211
      @thischannelistrash211 5 років тому +7

      Oof

    • @calchmielewski9072
      @calchmielewski9072 5 років тому +62

      "Don't just assume that i'm on my period because I'll just assume you're dead when you're sleeping at night and bury you in the backyard" -Lilly Singh

    • @animebooklover8830
      @animebooklover8830 4 роки тому +1

      Ikr

    • @koalakrys2761
      @koalakrys2761 4 роки тому +7

      “Are you on on your period?”
      “Are you an idiot?”

    • @Lily-il8mf
      @Lily-il8mf 4 роки тому +6

      My brothers used to do this when I was younger so now whenever they complain about anything I will always retaliate with, “what are you on your period?”And they always hate it. I also always say it with a strait face.

  • @hubbabubba2756
    @hubbabubba2756 4 роки тому +62

    One time I was in class and got my period, so I got permission to leave and go to the bathroom, but as I picked up my bag the teacher (who literally let me go) asks why I'm taking it and I say because and he says because what and I say it's not my fault the lining of my uterus is disintegrating and I could stand here for 20 minutes explaining menstruation to you but I kinda have more important places to be rn
    Deadass the best comeback I have ever given... the teacher was a substitute so it was alright and I never got in trouble lol

  • @Naomiburachek
    @Naomiburachek 7 років тому +1998

    I honestly don't care I'll tell anyone and everyone that I'm on my period and need a tampon or whatever. I don't get why some people be getting so grossed out and disgusted by it. It's a normal body function that women cant control. And without it us women wouldn't be able to reproduce so you boys better be thankful for periods

    • @joyce-k
      @joyce-k 6 років тому +34

      Naomi Burachek honestly I do the exact same. Like I seriously don't care. It's natural!

    • @Jack-hj7ig
      @Jack-hj7ig 6 років тому +15

      Naomi Burachek preach it sister!!

    • @ashercanmakeapun4554
      @ashercanmakeapun4554 6 років тому +28

      Naomi Burachek Im not grossed out by it, im just not comfortable telling people. I want to be comfortable, but I can't help that I'm not but I respect how you feel

    • @whyyoumad8436
      @whyyoumad8436 6 років тому +7

      I can tell anyone at school but I never told my parents

    • @sarapetizzi8537
      @sarapetizzi8537 6 років тому +28

      I used to be very uncomfortable talking about it out loud and even talking about it with my friends. It IS dumb because women ( and trans guys) can't help it, it's natural. But I've always been taught it was something boys and men didn't want to hear about because "it's private" or "it's gross". But mostly, I've always kept quiet because of the consequences which are " oh she's on her period that's why she's reacting like that" during a class discussion, do you know how many times I heard that? As if discussing and standing up for people is just a hormonal reaction? But now I've learned not to give a shit. Because HELLO THIS IS MY BODY. My female classmates' openness about the topic really helped.

  • @jordynsmichavech8445
    @jordynsmichavech8445 7 років тому +575

    I don't know why but I've always been comfortable and not shy about taking a tampon out in a public place and never felt ashamed when I had to ask a friend to borrow a tampon.

    • @traumara
      @traumara 7 років тому +47

      To borrow the tampon? So are you like giving it back to them? hahahh

    • @aleena6425
      @aleena6425 7 років тому +23

      Light Imagay well duh of course we give them back! We didn't buy them so it's polite to give it to the person who gave it to us so they can use it too..😃

    • @yazbelle9254
      @yazbelle9254 7 років тому +6

      anicole 😂

    • @xxmakeuplover05xx
      @xxmakeuplover05xx 7 років тому +46

      Sometimes if I need to go to the bathroom on my period I'll just announce to the group "i'm bleeding" then leave lmao

    • @aleena6425
      @aleena6425 7 років тому +6

      Vina omg queen!!😂😂♥️♥️

  • @desmatrix22
    @desmatrix22 5 років тому +17

    I first found this poem a bit over a year ago now, and ever since I listened to it, I never whispered for a pad again. I walked straight into the classroom where my favorite teacher was, during a class period that wasn't mine, filled with a majority of people I didn't know but some I did, and straight up asked if she had a pad. I wasn't quiet, I didn't hide it. I almost shouted over the room. She didn't have one, but this random girl I had never seen before in my life said she had a tampon I could use. I thanked her, went to the bathroom, and came back shouting that "Satan's waterfall wasn't going to be ruining this pair of underwear!"

  • @vxim.8108
    @vxim.8108 5 років тому +135

    I love this so much and even before watching this video, my close friends and I, to which a few are boys, I tell them when I’m on my period. Straight. Up. Yes, they were uncomfortable for the first few times and yes, they asked me not to tell them because it is 'disgusting' and so I told them, "Dude, you want to have a girlfriend right? Well your girlfriend is going to go through this, your Mum? She'll go through it too, have a sister? She’s going to go through it as well. It is natural, and you will have to learn to get used to it, so when I tell you I’m on my period, I want you to understand that this is a stressful time for me and I ask you excuse me if I get too whiny, or if I’m in pain and need to leave. Do not feel disgusted by my natural cycle because if you do, then you are saying you are disgusted by every female that will ever grow up,"
    Don’t hate Mother Nature for her work

  • @peachiii5703
    @peachiii5703 7 років тому +84

    "Marching band in every wrinkle" YESS I RELATE TO THIS SO MUCH. I hate when it's so quiet and then there's me trying to quietly rip a pad :/

  • @bubbleyum71
    @bubbleyum71 7 років тому +143

    The 13 people who disliked it were hella uncomfortable. Snaps and claps you did your thing miss.

  • @mcd3635
    @mcd3635 6 років тому +118

    One of my guy friends once told me, when I was talking to a friend about periods next to him, that he never knew how hard it was until someone described the actual process.

  • @karissaluvkittens
    @karissaluvkittens 7 років тому +149

    "The lining of your uterus is feeling a bit Jericho-y"

    • @magpie322
      @magpie322 3 роки тому

      We all know what it means.

  • @ahm4118
    @ahm4118 6 років тому +169

    period shaming needs to stop (not saying that this vid is period shaming)

  • @mikhelalea6826
    @mikhelalea6826 7 років тому +670

    Her teeth look really nice

    • @ehitsnoeone6943
      @ehitsnoeone6943 6 років тому +10

      Mikhela Kitt her lipstick

    • @beep6185
      @beep6185 6 років тому +25

      I love her fingers. I know that sounds odd but I have really wonky fingers and I'm self conscious about them so it's the first thing I notice about a person

    • @magpie322
      @magpie322 3 роки тому +1

      I like the inward bend of her arms. I always found those oddly attractive and hers look nice

    • @mikhelalea6826
      @mikhelalea6826 3 роки тому +1

      @@magpie322 I can see why

  • @ilovepiedoyou2
    @ilovepiedoyou2 7 років тому +794

    JERICHO-Y

    • @singingpugs6190
      @singingpugs6190 5 років тому +8

      What does it meannnn?

    • @ashketchup2858
      @ashketchup2858 5 років тому +11

      @@singingpugs6190 Jehrico was a place in the Bible and the walls came down meaning periods have the walls off blood that eventually fall too

    • @glaptoper
      @glaptoper 4 роки тому +1

      @@ashketchup2858
      It is also a place where you can be free.
      Sorry, I'll leave.

  • @rae2732
    @rae2732 6 років тому +18

    "Blink that shit in morse code" what a damn legend

  • @ziatenderich640
    @ziatenderich640 7 років тому +352

    I love her, and I love the humor and sarcasm it adds to the emphasis of all the really important lines!! I love love love

  • @doeleap6413
    @doeleap6413 4 роки тому +10

    Honestly, having friends that are mostly guys makes me a lot more laidback talking about this stuff. I forgot it sometimes makes people uncomfortable once and I literally said to my friend[there was someone new eating with us at lunch] “I have to go take care of girl stuff, I’ll be right back.” And he was all “okay, we’ll wait” and the new person gave me a look of half horror and half confusion as my friend reached in my bag and handed me my pad. Honestly, no regrets. My friends know that I’m a girl, and that means I bleed out of my vagina once a month. Some of them I respect that talking about it makes them uncomfortable but those it doesn’t, I’m pretty open about it.

  • @mariacastano8978
    @mariacastano8978 3 роки тому +9

    I remember one time when I was like 11/12 I heard the boys in my class planning to look my girl friends bags and tried to find if they had pads so they could make fun of them, I remember I felt so relieved that that day I had forgotten packing my pads but now that I remember it it was just so horrible

  • @junkmansobbligato
    @junkmansobbligato 7 років тому +58

    Honestly, I stopped caring about a year ago. Now I just whip it out anywhere when I have to go. Everybody already know I'm on it once a month sooo?

  • @emilyu9900
    @emilyu9900 7 років тому +28

    One time I had a period cramp so bad I started crying in class (luckily we were watching a movie and no one noticed)

  • @kajiapeine
    @kajiapeine 5 років тому +29

    Her: There is a "u" in menstruation
    Me: *questions life*

  • @magpiewithagamingpc1516
    @magpiewithagamingpc1516 7 років тому +624

    Yes. Yes. Yeesss.she is my spirit animal!!!

  • @jessicatoscano5776
    @jessicatoscano5776 7 років тому +57

    I've gotten to the point of my female life that in my sophomore year I stopped giving a shit and will say when i am on my period and will straight up tear apart that pad in the restroom.and not give a shit 😂

    • @emilycline5384
      @emilycline5384 6 років тому +3

      Jay Jay Beauty I honestly never gave a shit. I deadass be like “CAN I GO TO THE NURSE? I NEED A TAMPON!”

    • @KCannaQueen
      @KCannaQueen 6 років тому

      Sameeee XD 🤣🤣

  • @yohi4844
    @yohi4844 4 роки тому +6

    I was talking about cramps and my guy friend chimes in with “ew can we not talk about this” he was the only guy there during this convo so he really should’ve stayed quiet because we went off on him he no longer tells us to shut up about periods

  • @evelynphillips2914
    @evelynphillips2914 3 роки тому +6

    I was in art class, already out as a trans guy, and I realized I got my period. The room was full of 15 girls and one cis boy. I asked a few girls quietly if they had a pad, and each of them said “oh go ask Cole”. Ironically, no girl in the class had anything on her, but he kept pads and tampons in his lockers and his pockets because he knew people forget and he wanted people to know it was okay and just something that happens, nothing to be ashamed of

  • @mindythegreatest1937
    @mindythegreatest1937 7 років тому +46

    Run on sentence type shit! I love it!!

  • @Lauren-mf7qv
    @Lauren-mf7qv 6 років тому +186

    Why do we ask “can I borrow a tampon” or “can I borrow a pad”
    Borrowing something is using something for a little while then returning it.
    I do not want that pad or tampon back after it’s covered in your blood! It’s like thanks sally for returning it now I’m gonna use it when I’m on my period! Next time let’s say yo can I just take a pad or tampon from you?
    I just found it really funny how we ask to borrow it when we never return it😂

    • @simpfoster5559
      @simpfoster5559 5 років тому +33

      Mint cip because one day you’ll probably return the favor and “return” the used item, kinda like how you call a loan “borrowing money” you aren’t getting the same money back but yannow, you’re still getting money returned

    • @WizDumLov3
      @WizDumLov3 5 років тому +8

      One expressed borrow as to return the favor if they ever in need. SMH not with the same tampon or pad SMH.

    • @casualprince8779
      @casualprince8779 4 роки тому +6

      Because someday you’ll give her one back, like borrowing a smoke. You give one back when you get some

    • @Ray-hk1zm
      @Ray-hk1zm 4 роки тому +2

      When I want something I usually ask if I could steal it so-

  • @ellaharabail8043
    @ellaharabail8043 7 років тому +117

    i love this one so much. literally the third time im watching this. here from pakistan where there is so much shame about periods and menstruation because it literally means you're a woman i.e. viable to marriage

    • @sarahdebomb
      @sarahdebomb 5 років тому

      Xena P. The same goes for guys too hitting puberty ie they’re the age to marry why not say we as a society made it a big deal? Too much backwardness isn’t in the whole country or religion ( as you never said it)but the mindset of people. So why not put it nicely?

    • @queenartly3323
      @queenartly3323 4 роки тому +1

      Good luck

  • @huntermeek7450
    @huntermeek7450 6 років тому +52

    MENSTRUATION. PERIOD. These are normal things that exist. :))) Love this poem! And Raych Jackson's aesthetic is yaass.

  • @heersunshine3453
    @heersunshine3453 6 років тому +13

    The last line... In the most respectful way.. YESSS BIII**TCHHHHH

  • @bubblesbubbleton2747
    @bubblesbubbleton2747 3 роки тому +3

    I was lucky because my Mom taught me never to be ashamed of my period. It’s uncomfortable and can be gross, but it’s natural. When my periods started, i looked up everything about it. What’s these weird clots? Is it normal to be heavy? Light? What if it’s brown? Everything.
    So I was that student who always had extra pads, tampons, chocolate, and Midol/Pamprin in their locker incase other students needed it.
    If you were too embarrassed to ask your mom/sister/nurse, you could always ask me. This happened a lot when I was a senior in my JROTC classes bc the freshmen girls where scared of how their periods would effect them in drills and such.
    While I never minded being the “mom/pad” friend, it was always struck me how ashamed other girls were about their periods. They always asked me how I could be open about my periods. How could I be so straight forward when it came to asking teachers to go to the bathroom to change my pad. How could I not be embarrassed?
    I always asked them, “When did being a human become something to be embarrassed about?”

  • @hagarfadali9229
    @hagarfadali9229 7 років тому +53

    I'm going through my period and my mom always scolds me for throwing my used pads in the (bathroom) trash can cuz my father and brother can see it. and I'm like umm???

    • @shannonconaty7909
      @shannonconaty7909 5 років тому +14

      hagar fadali same I cant even ask for more pads if my brother/dad is in the room because apparently it makes them uncomfortable

    • @TiffanyRay
      @TiffanyRay 5 років тому +10

      i know and my step dad is like "its soo groooss!!" like um excuse me i cant control my body you tell my cycle to stop what its doing because i cant!!! i dont know whats even more disgusting throwing your pads were everyone can see them in the kitchen or in the bathroom were everybody does their business privately. Its like were else am i suppose to throw away my pads?!?! if you know a period is a bodily function you cant control then dont shame me for throwing away pads in the only located area where i can put em thats not publicly displayed!!

    • @sugariedreams2707
      @sugariedreams2707 5 років тому +2

      @@TiffanyRay Don't flush the toliet then. Don't expect others to do so either, because diarrhea is natural and so is shit and nobody cares if it smells bad or is disgusting.

    • @TBH13579
      @TBH13579 5 років тому +1

      My father buys my mother and I pads and tampons when we run out.

    • @firebow2810
      @firebow2810 5 років тому +8

      SugarieDreams this makes no sense? Like, where do you want us to put pads then? There is a garbage can for a reason, to throw your trash in. If you don't wanna see the blood covered thing (which, btw, I always wrap in the little plastic thing the pad comes in) then don't look in the damn trash, that simple XD

  • @cyace1938
    @cyace1938 5 років тому +2

    One of my best friends (boy) asks me: "Are you alright" As I hit my head on a table because of pain and cramps "No" I answer, knowing, that he knows that I am on my period because I normally would not do this. "Here" he offers me some chocolates.
    He understands me better, because some other girl friends and I told him about the pain and the cramps we have during that time.

  • @faith9196
    @faith9196 5 років тому +11

    *“Letting your tinkling stall neighbors know the lining of your uterus is feeling a bit Jericho-y at the moment!!”*
    Lmaooo

  • @stevieg6113
    @stevieg6113 4 роки тому +10

    When I’m on my period I just say out loud that I’m on my period I need the restroom my teacher doesn’t care but the boys in my class are disturbed I think they need to grow up

  • @bacteria34
    @bacteria34 4 роки тому +3

    Lol just sharing, here in PH (some) we just casually ask for pads from friends without lowering our voice. I sometimes ask my boy classmates to buy me some because I don’t have extra in my bag. We’re not awkward at all. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.

  • @silverseen8300
    @silverseen8300 5 років тому +2

    I got my period once out of nowhere when I was in class last year. I got a pass to go to the nurses. When I got there, there was some other students waiting for the nurse, but I said, "I'm on my period." They looked at me like 'WTH?' Then the nurse said there was some pads in the bathroom so I went there, got on a pad and new pair of paints for my others were SOAKED AF in blood. I got on and the nurse pulled me aside and said, "Next time you can just go into the bathroom if you need anything for your period. You don't have to embarrass yourself like that." She was saying I embarrassed myself by telling her I'm on my period to get a pad while others were around. Screw you, school

  • @a.anfaani2471
    @a.anfaani2471 7 років тому +73

    That was really well done. Unique and real.

  • @heshideler
    @heshideler 7 років тому +23

    That is why I love my school because this never happens in my school. We will yell in a full classroom anyone got a pad or tampon if it is safe to do so.

  • @breannadorrian3612
    @breannadorrian3612 5 років тому +5

    My friend ( who is a male):why are you so crabby today?”
    Me: “oh...my aunt Flow is in town and she’s just...really annoying me lately”
    Friend: “oh okay!”
    Me and my bestfriend DEAD ASS had a whole conversation about our periods in front of our guy friend without him knowing all bc we said aunt flow 😂 We even got him to believe that me and my bestfriend would be related soon bc we made up a story about how my Aunt Flow was marrying her uncle and then “Aunt Flow” would be joining her family soon 😂💕💀....
    .....
    He still doesn’t know.

  • @cyanidesunny2302
    @cyanidesunny2302 7 років тому +102

    this is freaking brilliant!

  • @ch5635
    @ch5635 4 роки тому +4

    "There is a marching band in every crinkle" okay but that's actually how I feel every time I try to open a pad quietly in public lmao

  • @linahansen9683
    @linahansen9683 6 років тому +8

    Excuse me, how can I like this twice?

  • @bqwadseertg
    @bqwadseertg 7 років тому +50

    This is such an incredible poem!!!

  • @haleybug1408
    @haleybug1408 6 років тому +1

    I love everything about this girl, her body, her outfit, her tattoos, nails, hair, makeup, piercings, and HER ATTITUDE I LOVE HER

  • @kristinab8368
    @kristinab8368 6 років тому +8

    Me and my friends named our periods so we can talk about them whenever and wherever.

    • @kai_kailopez1396
      @kai_kailopez1396 3 роки тому

      When I'm on my period It's become a habit to call my period a red Camaro so I talk about it anywhere with my family. So, when I get it I tell my brothers "I'm on red Camaro so I apologize in advance for my moodiness. Just don't mess with me." 😂🤣

  • @ijustshitmyself
    @ijustshitmyself 6 років тому +8

    "There is a symphony in every crinkle"
    BiTch GeTS mE

  • @faithjones1193
    @faithjones1193 7 років тому +7

    I'm on love. Her poetry, her spirit, her tattoos.

  • @eynaveliyahu2487
    @eynaveliyahu2487 4 роки тому +2

    “If I have to whisper for a tampon, best believe I won’t be in that room” QUEEN.

  • @briannarivera7044
    @briannarivera7044 7 років тому +97

    Very relatable👍👍

  • @niahpe8533
    @niahpe8533 7 років тому +16

    This was hilarious, besides the strong language, but I couldn't relate because whenever I'm on my period I don't hide the fact that I do have it because everyone knows already that women have to go through this so when I open that pad I own that marching band of crinkles 😂

  • @ArmsofLove06
    @ArmsofLove06 5 років тому +3

    "There is a marching band in every crinkle"
    TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEE!!!!!!

  • @lydiabarrows5511
    @lydiabarrows5511 5 років тому +3

    PREACH SISSSSS PREACHHHH👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @paulamuscat9404
    @paulamuscat9404 4 роки тому +2

    Once I asked for a pad and I was talking at a normal level although one of my friends was like "shh my god don't yell about periods" and I was dead ass shook.. Your a girl you should understand that it is normal for me to go through periods yet we have been told so many times its a bad thing that even girls belive it so

  • @lilak7181
    @lilak7181 6 років тому +4

    "We are in the room with some sensation even ass children," the fucking irony

  • @ravenfoxsocks2082
    @ravenfoxsocks2082 6 років тому +11

    I love her tattoos

  • @bethanyb0o658
    @bethanyb0o658 5 років тому +2

    Me and my friends have code words for each product, nobody has figured it out.
    Another of my friends, runs an underground bussiness where she sells everthing from tampons and pads to diva cups. And you best believe, she hides every product swiftly. E.g. a tampon may be disguised as a listick or even hidden in a pen.

  • @rachelmadigan3632
    @rachelmadigan3632 5 років тому +1

    I absolutely love when poets stumble for a sec and hop back on like that. I always wanted to do slam poetry but i am way too nervous that I would be able to and seeing ppl hit a lil bump and be okay I'd like instant Xanax to my brain 😂

  • @96Dreamdancer
    @96Dreamdancer 7 років тому +124

    I don't know how people dislike it ^^
    This was amazing 😂😂
    "There is a fictional family member we all share!: :D

    • @Jaywalker14th
      @Jaywalker14th 6 років тому +4

      Sophie Lawrence i still dont get the fictional family member part

    • @madelinevlogs5898
      @madelinevlogs5898 6 років тому +12

      Zuby Indera one of the ways to refer to getting your period is saying you got a visit from Aunt Flo

  • @thebiggerissue4453
    @thebiggerissue4453 7 років тому +26

    Yes queen!

  • @KupKate215
    @KupKate215 5 років тому +2

    I once mentioned getting cramps in front of my mom and the guy I was dating at the time. My mom gave me a dirty look because how DARE I speak of such a common issue in front of someone else. I just said I was cramping too. Never once said where at. I could have had a leg cramp and still would have gotten that death glare. Period shaming needs to stop.

  • @caraliiina8453
    @caraliiina8453 5 років тому

    Oh my gosh she’s literally so gorgeous I love her smile

  • @paulaheart2161
    @paulaheart2161 6 років тому +17

    In a world like this i think girls should stick together and not bring each other down coz when a guy makes fun of us like 'damn you mad ur on ur period or something' thats not cool to make fun of us so i think we should stick together

    • @sans-sational8654
      @sans-sational8654 5 років тому +1

      Everyone makes fun of me because I carry period products (I'm a male.), but that is only due to the fact that I am transgender and get periods as well.
      All the girls tend to shut up about it once they need a pad and I just happen to have one in my backpack.

  • @avalongn4642
    @avalongn4642 6 років тому +6

    I relate to this on a spiritual level

  • @nico-ke1nn
    @nico-ke1nn 4 роки тому

    I love the way she loves and speaks and her passion
    I love her vibe
    She just gives off a radiating feeling of
    Real. Nasty. Girl. Power.

  • @ghostie848
    @ghostie848 5 років тому +2

    This is one of my favorites.

  • @MsDragontooth
    @MsDragontooth 7 років тому +97

    Honestly I feel like it's an American thing because I live in Germany and I can ask casually and get asked casually for tampons atleast from girl's. A lot of boys still feel really uncomfortable with the topic but atleast 80% of women are totally fine with it. Like asking another girl at the club and getting an empathetic smile while she hands you a tampon that's pretty much normal here. Unless you have extremely immature friend's atleast. And I even now a couple of guys who are fine with talking about period. Might not be their favorite topic but they don't start to freak if they even hear the word like it's voldemort 😂

    • @xhoanaveshaj9620
      @xhoanaveshaj9620 6 років тому +2

      MsDragontooth wow lucky you.And no it's not an american thing

    • @beep6185
      @beep6185 6 років тому +3

      Same as the Americans but it isn't as bad in Scotland. Guys are kinda like "I know it's natural and I shouldn't go eww but eww" the girls are totally fine with it tho. Me and my female best friend like to talk about them in front of one of our more "sensitive" male friends because he freaks the hell out and it's funny as shit

    • @serenah6214
      @serenah6214 6 років тому +2

      Your Voldemort joke is freaking amazing!

    • @ggittins4097
      @ggittins4097 5 років тому +3

      @Kale Ling sounds like you had a really nice experience with this, unfortunately most of us were raised with a lot less positivity towards the topic, and have their own unique experiences because of that. This isn't just a couple guys not enjoying talking about periods, this is most girls being raised to never talk about their period or let on to anyone that you had it. I'm off the opinion that people have a right to complain about that

    • @poppyw8157
      @poppyw8157 5 років тому +1

      Odium wish I could say the same from here in England. None of my friends like talking about it I feel like I can’t ask anyone for anything and don’t even try and get a guy to talk about it just don’t. 😔I really wish it was different it makes an already difficult time even more difficult 😣

  • @MissLailaBlue
    @MissLailaBlue 7 років тому +13

    She's sooo good!!!

  • @completedisaster6541
    @completedisaster6541 6 років тому +1

    I remember in sixth grade when I was crazy self conscience of my period I had to go to my locker to get a tampon so I could be ready for swimming (which I go to right after I get out of school) and I looked down the hall both ways and listened for any signs that could show that a person may be coming, and when I knew (or thought) that the coast was clear I would grab my tampon and put it up my sleeve. Buuuuut what I didn't see was two boys in my class turn the corner right as I took out my tampon, I immediately slammed my locker shut and 'casually speed walked' to the bathroom. Now, what I saw before I left was one boy look at my in disgust, so that's what made me run off, but then as I was walking away I heard the other boy go 'dude shut up' in a dead-ass serious voice to his friend before they went back into the classroom. ItS a NoRmAl BoDiLy FuNcTiOn, now I don't give two shits about it, I waltz out to my locker, grab my tampon or pad then just stroll on down to the bathroom and get back to my class, WHY SHOULD I CARE IF SOMEONE SEES ITS NOT THIER BUSINESS ANYWAY

  • @_chinmoku
    @_chinmoku 3 роки тому +2

    0:11 "is with your eyes, blink that sh*t like Morse code" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @aisha_8632
    @aisha_8632 4 роки тому +3

    My music teacher had a rule if you needed to go to the bathroom you would come back for detention and I was on my period and explain it to her but she said I still have to got to detention and the teacher was also a women

  • @Oliver-sy3ep
    @Oliver-sy3ep 5 років тому +4

    At school if i ran out of pads and asked for one (in my normal vocie) to a friend in the bathroom like 5 girls would stare at me with their mouth open and say "the boys can HEAR you!" Every time i go IDGAF BOUT DAT

  • @kirathomson2187
    @kirathomson2187 4 роки тому +2

    yes! the sadness i feel when my friends ask me for a pad and i hand it to them and they get annoyed and embarrassed because i gave them what they wanted in public is unbearable

  • @namelesscrow2069
    @namelesscrow2069 6 років тому +1

    "the lining of your uterus is feeling a bit...JERICHO-Y at the moment."
    I hath been shooketh as much as Jericho.

  • @zoyamir2284
    @zoyamir2284 7 років тому +5

    i've always been comfortable with others knowing about my period but everyone else wasn't so i hide it now.

  • @lllDeaththeKidlll
    @lllDeaththeKidlll 4 роки тому +3

    Watching a male teacher's face when the realization hits him gets me every time. I'm like a shameless tomboy and my teacher asked why I needed a pencil case and I was just so done that day that I unzipped it, waved a pad at him, and said "Hmm, wHatEvEr cOuLd iT be fOR?"

  • @laureenlion2241
    @laureenlion2241 6 років тому +1

    This is fucking brilliant. The way the poem has sarcasm and humour n her expression in every line as if written on her body too!

  • @mikayladouglas2503
    @mikayladouglas2503 3 роки тому +1

    "letting your tinkling stall mates that that the lining of your uterus is feeling a bit Jericho-y at the moment"
    Sorry but this is the best lines hands down.

  • @vinamistry5263
    @vinamistry5263 7 років тому +5

    she slays me!!!!! this is amazing! so relateable

  • @unicornsvagina
    @unicornsvagina 7 років тому +28

    FUCK. YES.

  • @izzylavan4558
    @izzylavan4558 4 роки тому

    Yes I recently found a love for poetry
    I love that people can speak their minds to the point that people respect them and their opinions.

  • @elizabetheventing3827
    @elizabetheventing3827 4 роки тому +1

    i have gotten up in class, grabbed a pad, and walked myself out without a word. everyone in that classroom knew what i was doing, the teacher didn’t say a thing because of it. a period happens for a week every month, i’m not about to spend that much time trying to hide something and stressing about it when it happens every month

  • @allisonnicole9524
    @allisonnicole9524 7 років тому +8

    Why are people so scared to mention their period? Like I'm so open about it. Its just a normal thing, I talk about it like anything else. Me and my friend were talking about it today, while my boyfriend was sitting across the table, just listening to us, completely fine with the fact we were talking about bleeding out of our vaginas. Idk why guys are so uncomfortable about it.

  • @CrownMooseCostumes
    @CrownMooseCostumes 6 років тому +11

    There is actually a fictional family member we all share. XD

  • @malorienickle6954
    @malorienickle6954 4 роки тому +1

    “If I have to whisper for a tampon, best believe I won’t be in that room”

  • @nobutigotcheesewiz9250
    @nobutigotcheesewiz9250 5 років тому +2

    This is a whole mood
    This was posted on my birthday