LOVE this post, @purpletanzanite!!! THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH for writing AND publishing it.

Periods would be spoken about more openly if men had them. Just like manufacturers came up with color dye for gray hair in shampoo form when men needed something quick and drama free. Do women have the shampoo version even now?

Also LOVE your period stain in water art, as @josphirre mentioned.

POWER to you, girl. Held your head high, cleaned up and shared laughter. I imagine several persons there learned a new way of dealing with a wonderfully natural event that half of Earth's population deals with every month. ;)

Gave full upvote and resteeming to boot. ;)

PS I used to just walk around with a little pouch thing containing panty shield, thin maxi pad and tampon to cover any variety of surprise event, period-wise. Thank Goddess those days are over for me. ;)