Thou Shalt Not Trust a Period Fart

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What in Satan’s flaming asshole happens to my colon when I’m bleeding? I wake up thinking I’ll just deal with cramps and mood swings, but no, my large intestine loads a bazooka and declares martial law. And they’re always random and immediate, like some divine punishment with no countdown. I barely make it to the toilet. No warning, no buildup, just “Rise and shit, princess!” and I’m speed-waddling like Mary Magdalene bolting out of a purity seminar.

Whatever happens to my body during my period should be studied by theologians, not doctors. These aren’t just poops, they’re celestial wrath made flesh. My colon clenched like a nun reading A Court of Thorns and Roses in public. Never in my life have I felt personally victimized by my own rectum. My butthole didn’t just open the gates of Hell, it filed the paperwork, rang the bell, and asked if Hades was free for a coffee. I wasn’t pooping, I was passing through realms. I truly believed I’d end up as a footnote in some ancient scripture. “Here lies Pershitphone who evacuated her soul and saw the Devil blink.”

So if I disappear for two days every month, no, I’m not busy or sad or meditating. I’m just negotiating with God, Satan, and my lower intestine in a standoff that ends with me flushed, broken, and googling “how much blood loss counts as legally dead.” Respect the absence. It’s self-preservation.

Comments

  1. Alexis_J_M Avatar

    I refer to it as my body running the self-clean cycle.

  2. Comprehensive-Sun954 Avatar

    Oh hell yeah. Period diarrhea is a real thing. It’s insane.

  3. SpeakerSame9076 Avatar

    Unclear on the biology, but there used to be a thing about taking (drinking) castor oil to jump start labor at the end of pregnancy – basically, if one organ in that general vicinity is contracting, the other ones will too. So the castor oil is the opposite of the period cramping causing period crapping.

  4. bittersandseltzer Avatar

    I read this right after taking a second period shit this morning. The second let me know that we’re not done here and I’m so glad I WFH

  5. ZoeShotFirst Avatar

    I literally just laughed out loud. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing that is such a beautifully written way.

    I needed a giggle

    May you never get your period by surprise in white underwear