Hey y’all. The incomparable Tild designed this image for the informal and yet serious blog set up to chat about issues of gender. Named for one of the lovely epithets that was thrown about last weekend (and for which the hurler has apologized), we are celebrating our role in life as menstruating (and no longer menstruating) She Devils at Menstruating She Devils.
Who says feminists don’t have a sense of humour?
Oh Lorraine how awesome. You guys are quick. We have a wiki where we are still pounding out ideas…too many ideas.
But if you want another great laugh, trubludem sent this one.
That is hysterically funny. Laughed til I cried. Sending it to others for a good laugh.
She has some other great ones…don’t miss the Christmas Craptacular.
Great picture..and when anything to do with women/menstruating from anyone in a derogatory way it always reminds of the great Gloria Steinem article called “If Men Could Menstruate”-1978 From the book “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”.
Does anyone else happen to remember that? I consider it a classic.
and I still love that book.
Margaret Cho has taken on the same topic on stage, “If straight men could menstruate”….funniest damn thing ever (“every bachelor’s apartment would look like a murder scent”) and “If gay men could menstruate” (“What do you mean if?”)
if only I could type….”murder scene” not “murder scent” (not sure what the hell that would be)
of the opening paragraph from Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera. If folks don’t mind, I’ll put it up here; I find it one of the most gorgeously written passages I’ve ever come across:
This makes me wish I could read Spanish. That man can write.
Thank you for posting that!!
I haven’t re-read my Garcia Marquez in a long, long time…must. I can’t read Spanish well enough to appreciate his writing, but I would LOVE to have a native speaker read me his stuff out loud while I read along….I have both the English and the Spanish versions of Bless Me, Ultima and tried doing it myself, but it’s just not the same!!
I love his writing. It’s so lush, so enticing…yet it’s work, satisfying work, to read. When I read writing like that, I know that I’ll never be more than a pretty decent writer. He’s a great writer, a level I know I’ll never be able to reach….and that’s just fine, as long as I can revel in his gift.
García Márquez and Octavio Paz are two reasons that I’m grateful to be able to read Spanish.
Tremendos, los dos.
This looks SO awesome, lorraine! I LOVE the posts that are already up, but I have no time to read them right now! I will be exploring lots in the upcoming week though!
You are sooo cool! 😉
Lorraine, I was going to thank you for writing a diary about me, but then it occurred to me. . .I haven’t been menstruating since I was 30, and I am no devil (flunked the final), I am a bit impish. . .as far as I can tell I am still a SHE, so I guess 1 out of three is not the strongest base for a diary about ME.
Love it! I keep reminding everyone, when you piss off the Warriors, The Warriors will fight! Perhaps, in spite of many mixed and hurt feelings, and plenty of outrage, it was the thing we needed for us to take action, to take control of what is important to us and put our concerns in the face of the potential candidates, the party, and the dozing American public.
Whenever I read this phrase, I’m reminded of something my shamanic healer said. It is one of my favorite quotes:
“Wome are messy! We cry. We bleed. Liquids come out of us!”
Yes, and all through time we’ve taking care of the liquids of others too.
without end, amen.
I just ran across tild this week because of links to her jello-wrestling graphics. This woman is fantastic. I hope you can get her to make regular contributions.
Isn’t she the best? I LOVE her artwork.
I cannot say how much I appreciate you at this moment, Lorraine.
(Although I’m not sure Mr. Dink will be as appreciative)
Mr. HinkyDink actually apologized on the blog. It was an honourable thing to do, and his apology has been accepted. I told him we were keeping the name, though. 🙂
…so THAT’S who said it!
Seriously, glad he apologized. Maybe this can be a teachable moment–if not for him, someone else.
But ya know, “Menstruating She-Devils” is a GREAT band name too. Just in case anyone’s musically inclined.
:<D
That was my original thought. Not a blog, but a band. The name hasn’t been trademarked … yet. 🙂
I’d buy a CD!
Wow! In honor of the launching of Menstruating She-Devils I have been popping Midol all day.
I’m menstruating – right now! Can someone recommend a quick “he-devil” for me to balance me out?
I routinely get demonized over at dKos if that’s any help.
I tried to give you what you deserved, but the damn thing won’t go higher than 4.
Discriminatory and very wrong.
Not all women menstruate.
that, believe it or not, is one of our points. Some of our posters do not menstruate. It was a name that we were called, and rather than get worked about the name, we decided to make fun of it by turning it into something positive. I’m sorry that you’re offended. But we are trying to laugh at something that was supposed to hurt us.
Peace.
And whether we are still menstruating is irrelavant since being a menstruating she-devil is a state of mind that is completely independent of spending on tampons.
Sorry that you feel that way. I think most of us, certainly at least myself, have found that if we can’t laugh at ourselves and the many rough and tumble things we seem to bump into everyday, then life becomes unbearably without joy.
It was not intended to offend anyone. And as one of the non-menstruaters here I don’t feel excluded by the term at all. As was said, it is a state of mind more than it is a fact of physical action.
In my opinion, any time you can turn an insult to a positive use, you are one step ahead of where you could have been.
Please feel welcome if you wish to participate with others at MSD, and if it is not your cup of tea, then that’s all right too.
To the post-menopausal she-devils?
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