Post by @em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social

2026-05-06 14:21 UTC

@vagina_museum This ^. I was fortunate that I was not “shocked” when I started bleeding, but the “shame” & hiding was definitely a significant undertone. What I wished to have known is taking pain relief early on & also understanding that fibroids are an actual thing… I finally got treated (15 yrs of pain)& had to have surgery which removed a fibroid the size of a softball along with 5 smaller ones. EDUCATION ON THIS AND TALKING ABOUT IT IS PARAMOUNT. We definitely need to STOP SHAMING IT NOW.😿😾

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@em_and_future_cats@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 15:09

@vagina_museum And for the record, I’ve begun my own campaign about talking about all of this 😹 I wish I had someone like myself & other women in my life who talked about this when I was a teenager. So I’m doing it now regardless if people around me think it’s “impolite” because there’s a girl out there who will need to know this stuff! I’m not ashamed anymore if people give me “the look” when they think I’m being “impolite” I say it straight that this needs talking about, get over it 🩷

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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-06 16:53

@em_and_future_cats @farah I don't think I'll ever understand how something that happens to almost every woman on a monthly basis could be considered shameful. Are we next going to tell people to be ashamed of pooping? @vagina_museum

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